Staff at the Age protest over Trumpet of Patriots gender ad as Newcastle Herald apologises for running it

Australian Community Media, publisher of the Newcastle Herald, removes ad promoting Clive Palmer's party from digital edition, saying it does not meet the company's values

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The Newcastle Herald has apologised for publishing a front page ad from Clive Palmer's new Trumpet of Patriots party which says there are only two genders", as journalists at the Age say they are furious" the Melbourne newspaper has apparently accepted the same ad for publication.

In the past week the Age has published Palmer's anti-immigration and anti-welcome to country advertisements, which have also appeared in News Corp publications.

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