Tyrone Pynor: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
Cher Lloyd, Joanne the Scammer, and Alex Consani … the Triple J host’s list is for the girls and the gays
January 2024
Triple J Hottest 100: could this be the countdown’s queerest year yet?
Troye Sivan, G Flip, Boygenius and Billie Eilish are all being tipped to place high in a year dominated by solo pop artists – but not Taylor Swift
December 2023
The weekly beast
Ita Buttrose rallies ABC staff in Christmas message while Murdoch’s annual party goes missing
Tory Shepherd
Conservative festive fixtures in short supply as public broadcasting boss warns staff against complacency. Plus: the West Australian v Margot Robbie
Kingsmill the kingmaker: Triple J veteran who shaped Australia’s music tastes for decades departs ABC
Ben Eltham
For a long time, it seemed as though you couldn’t succeed in Australian music without Richard Kingsmill’s support. He steps down this week
The funniest things on the internet
Abby Butler: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
We asked the Triple J host to share her online history. She hopes it will self-destruct when she leaves this planet
June 2023
From cultural cringe to clogged charts: why aren’t Australians listening to Australian music?
Eilish Gilligan
Only two Australian songs are on the Aria chart’s Top 50 this week – and one of them is from 2013. What’s going wrong, and how can it be fixed?
January 2023
Triple J Hottest 100: Flume tops Australia’s biggest music poll with Say Nothing
UK act Eliza Rose places No 2 in the countdown, with Spacey Jane landing at No 3, No 5 and No 6
Triple J Hottest 100: who will win Australia’s biggest music poll this year?
After last year’s countdown was topped by a band for children, Saturday’s countdown is anyone’s guess – but we do have a few hunches
Three things
Three things with Triple J’s Concetta Caristo: ‘This question is so triggering for me’
In our weekly interview about objects, the new addition to Triple J Breakfast shares her journey as a plant mother, and the ‘traumatic’ loss of a Walkman
November 2022
Three things
Three things with Hau Latukefu: ‘It’s been over 10 years and I’m still kicking myself’
In our weekly interview about objects, the radio host and hip-hop musician tells us about a precious pair of Nikes, and a post-show incident he’ll forever regret
September 2022
Three things
Three things with Zan Rowe: ‘I never washed my Take That T-shirt … then it started to smell’
In our weekly interview about objects, the Take 5 host tells us about the time she made Paul McCartney sign her record and her teenage music obsessions
August 2022
Tuning out of Triple J: why Australia’s youth station is losing its young listeners
A survey shows the station is losing its mandated audience – but the full story is more complicated than it seems
May 2022
Tom Tilley on growing up ‘hardline’ Pentecostal: ‘It was weird – it was speaking in tongues’
After leaving the church in his early 20s, the former Hack host spent more than a decade making up for lost time in the party scene. Now a father, he’s looking for meaning without religion
January 2022
From Justin Bieber to … the Wiggles? What to expect from Triple J’s Hottest 100
Saturday’s countdown looks set to be an odd one, with more mainstream music than usual – and a Tame Impala cover from a children’s group
September 2021
‘Ageism is alive and well’: Triple J lampooned for ‘insulting’ tweet
The tweet was intended to poke fun at its cranky listeners. Instead, it sparked a conversation about allegedageism and sexism at the station and beyond
January 2021
Triple J's Hottest 100: Heat Waves by Glass Animals tops annual Australian song poll
Triple J’s Hottest 100: who will win Australia's biggest music poll?
October 2020
Paul Murphy, venerated ABC and SBS journalist, dies aged 77
Murphy, who has died of cancer, presented the ABC’s PM program from 1983 to 1993 and then hosted Dateline on SBS
January 2020
Billie Eilish becomes first solo female artist to win Triple J Hottest 100
Singer wins with her song Bad Guy beating hotly tipped Australian star Tones and I
November 2019
'A generational shift': what the Triple J overhaul means for its audience
The national youth broadcaster is undergoing its most significant shake-up in years as high-profile hosts make way for the new guard
