Juicy Australian magazine controversies and closures

Happy - But Wilson maintains she is happy about the cover, saying on Twitter "I never would’ve thought this element would be added to my life: Vogue Covergirl. This was such an amazing experience, thank you Vogue Australia and to all the designers and stylists who worked on this shoot! June issue...available May 28th".

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$3.66 million win - Wilson won a defamation lawsuit against Bauer Media, publisher of Woman's Day, Australian Women’s Weekly, NW and OK, for saying she lied about her age and rural upbringing.

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Off limits - Radio host Chrissie Swan convinced the Australian Press Council to issue a note of condemnation to Woman's Day for publishing photos of Swan's children.

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Court - Cricketer Chris Gayle sued Fairfax Media back in 2017 over a series of articles.

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Allegations - The Fairfax Media stories claimed Gayle exposed himself to a woman masseuse during the 2015 World Cup.

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Winner - Gayle won the lawsuit in late 2017 after a jury found the articles did not substantiate their claims.

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Less than two hours - It took the four-person jury less than two hours to side with Gayle.

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Bauer Media - Bauer Media closed a number of publications at the end of 2017, including a Weight Watchers magazine.

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Myer Emporium - The Myer Emporium custom publication went to 250,000 high-income households before being discontinued at the end of 2017 by Bauer Media.

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Yours - The 1,802 edition of Yours magazine was its last and went on sale January 4th, 2018.

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Recipes+ - The food and cooking magazine final edition went on sale December 28th, 2017.

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Homes+ - The home decor magazine launched in 2014 shut down in late 2017.

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OZ magazine - OZ magazine was a wildly popular counterculture magazine which was also beset with legal problems. It launched in Sydney on April Fools Day in 1963.

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Richard Neville - One of the principal architects and editors of the magazine was Richard Neville, a student at the University of New South Wales.

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"War on deference" - Aussie mag The Monthly referred to Richard Neville as "the pioneer of the war on deference".

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OZ founders - The OZ magazine founders were Richard Neville, Richard Walsh, and Martin Sharp.

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6,000 copies in a few fours - The inaugural issue sold 6,000 copies by lunchtime on April Fools, 1963.

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Parody - OZ mocked The Sydney Morning Herald and used the same printing press as the newspaper.

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Chastity - The first centrefold story was about the history of chastity and what it was like to get an abortion in NSW, an illegal act at the time.

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Obscenity charge - OZ faced its first obscenity charge after their third issue and the country's printers refused to manufacture the magazine.

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Homophobic persecution - OZ would continue printing on a smaller scale, criticising the police for harassing gay people.

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Underworld and uproar - The magazine explored Sydney's underworld in 1965 and caused considerable uproar.

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Sydney version ends, UK begins - A reduced Sydney OZ continued until 1969, but Richard Neville launched a version in London in 1967.

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Second obscenity trial - OZ faced its second obscenity trial in 1971 and the publication was subsequently banned in the UK and Australia.

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Vogue - Rebel Wilson will be appearing on Vogue Australia's cover for the first time in the June 2018 issue.

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Fans' accusations - Fans accused Vogue Australia of Photoshopping Wilson to make her look slimmer.

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Nope - Wilson defended Vogue and said they didn't edit her appearance.

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Further accusations - Fans also pointed out that Vogue Australia dressed Wilson in baggy clothing, hiding her figure.

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