''The Klaxon'' is an independent Australian news website, run by investigative journalist Anthony Klan. It specialises in exposing corruption and misconduct by businesses and governments.

Overview

''The Klaxon'' was registered in May 2019 in the state of

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as an independent news outlet. Its articles have been cited in by other independent news websites, such as

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, and Michael West Media; and reported in foreign media. Examples of the latter include: *In July 2020, Indian media also reported on Klan's allegations that China and Pakistan might have signed a secret agreement to increase their knowledge of bio-warfare, a claim refuted by both countries. *In March 2021, reporting on the secret development of

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s for Pakistan, in a deal with a Chinese company. *In May 2022, reporting on Chinese military drills in the

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and

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regions, near the border with Russia, while world news was focused on the

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and Chinese movements in the

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. *In February 2022, reporting on the

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in Indian media, when Klan reported that the Chinese Government had exaggerated the number of Chinese fatalities ''The Klaxon'' articles are syndicated by the Bywire in the UK.

Anthony Klan

Anthony Klan was formerly an investigative and business journalist at ''

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'' for 15 years, but he quit in 2019 after the paper had refused to publish two of his investigations: one into the superannuation system, and another was about interference by the

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in Australia, which implicated former prime minister

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and current leader of the

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. He believes that their publication would have seen the Liberals lose the 2019 election. He later opined that he had concluded that News Corp was "incredibly in the pocket of the lobbyists of the minerals, the mining, the gas and of the big banks". He is particularly concerned about Australia's slide into corruption, citing

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's report that Hungary and Australia tie for last place in falling into corruption between 2012 and 2022. In 2021 Klan participated in an enquiry into media diversity by the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee, which published its report on 9 December 2021. In November 2021 Klan nominated for the position of national president of the

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. He has also written for ''

'' and ''

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''.

Awards and nominations

Klan has won or been nominated for a number of journalism awards. *He won the

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in 2007 for business journalism for his story on the Fincorp collapse. *In October 2010 Klan won

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's top award, the Sir Keith Murdoch Award, for "his relentless pursuit of the waste and mismanagement in the $16.2 billion schools stimulus package". *He won News Corp business journalist of the year three times (2007, 2011 and 2014). *He was shortlisted in the 2010

Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award The Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award, often known simply as the Graham Perkin Award, is one of Australia's pre-eminent prizes for journalism. It was established and named in honour of Graham Perkin, who was editor of ''The ...

("for more than 80 articles exposing flaws in the Federal Government's 'Building the Education Revolution' scheme"). * He was a finalist in both business and investigative categories of the

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(SOPA) Awards in 2016. *He made the shortlist in the Kennedy Award several times: for Outstanding Investigative Reporting and Outstanding Finance Reporting in 2015; and for Outstanding Finance Reporting (2016, with ''The Australian'', and 2021, for ''The Klaxon''.). *In 2018 Klan won the Cass Warneminde Best News Journalist in the IT Journalism Awards ("The Lizzies"), and in 2021 he was a finalist in the 21st IT Journalism Awards, in two categories: Best Independent Coverage and Best Security Journalist. *In 2023 he has been nominated in the Best Independent Coverage and Best Security Journalist categories in the Lizzies.

References

External links

*{{official website, https://theklaxon.com.au Australian political websites Australian news websites 2019 establishments in Australia