ABC
ABC boss grilled over Gaza conflict coverage
David Anderson has defended the broadcaster’s coverage of the Voice to parliament and conflict between Israel and Hamas in a strenuous Senate estimates session.
- by Calum Jaspan
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ABC agrees to pay indemnity costs to Heston Russell
The former special forces soldier won his defamation case against the broadcaster over reports suggesting he was involved in killing an Afghan prisoner.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Former ABC political editor Andrew Probyn joins Nine
Former ABC political editor Andrew Probyn has joined 9 News as national affairs editor and will work in the Canberra press gallery.
- by Calum Jaspan
How to train a comedian: The stars creating pathways for a new generation
Wil Anderson, Chas Licciardello, Andrew Denton and Dan Ilic are passionate about the need to nurture the next generation of TV comedy talent.
- by Hannah Story
ABC stung by softer news cycle as payouts hit home
ABC boss David Anderson’s pay packet went up 12 per cent in 2023, the year when the public broadcaster’s redundancy costs ballooned and its total audience reach fell.
- by Calum Jaspan
Opinion
Media & marketing
Balance for the sake of balance is corruption of good journalism
The best journalists know that when things are not equal - when one side lies, misleads or refuses to engage - then balance is no longer a useful tool.
- by Alan Sunderland
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Peep Show was TV comedy’s sliding door moment
It’s 20 years since Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, David Mitchell, Robert Webb and Olivia Colman created the ground-breaking Peep Show.
- by Ben Pobjie
Higgins hires Nine’s BRS lawyer for Reynolds defamation clash
Parties to the high-profile court case are in no mood to back down, despite the judge’s advice to settle.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Government picks two new directors for ABC board
The federal government has filled the two vacant seats on the ABC’s board as the hunt for chair Ita Buttrose’s successor continues.
- by Calum Jaspan
Faine won’t be ABC chairman, but he’s a very naughty boy
Left-field suggestion for top job springs school days revelation, while a Labor MP campaigns for Voice while overseas.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Rio’s former first lady lashes ‘disconnected’ corporates over Voice support
The wife of the former Rio Tinto boss who oversaw the Juukan Gorge scandal has railed against “special privileges” for Indigenous Australians.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman