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Journalists are just like you — humans who make mistakes. At a time when they’re under increasing pressure, should reporters be writing about each other’s mistakes? That’s the question our debaters are tossing around in today’s Friday Fight. In the affirmative corner we have Crikey editor Gina Rushton, and making the negative case is shareholder […]
“Had RA not been misled or deceived, it would not have provided MRRU with a participation licence and thus not lost in excess of $35 million that was paid to MRRU since at least 1 July 2018. RA believes that the MRRU directors were knowingly concerned in and/or aided and abetted MRRU’s misleading and deceptive […]
Veteran ABC journalist Patricia Karvelas will be leaving Radio National after 10 years hosting the network. Starting 2025, Karvelas will take on additional duties with the national broadcaster’s audio, TV and digital platforms, focused on politics. This will include a key anchoring role on the ABC News Channel and hosting a new politics podcast. Karvelas […]
Tony Armstrong has made his last appearance as a sports presenter on ABC News Breakfast, describing his time on the program as a “joyride” during his farewell. “News Breakfast has given me everything, really,” he said while farewelling his colleagues on his final show. Armstrong is the second high-profile departure from News Breakfast this year, […]
Hidden fees, conflicts of interest, over-charging and side deals. For many years lead reporter Linton Besser had heard from owners and advocates concerned about strata schemes. With three million apartment-owning Australians belonging to some 350,000 strata schemes around the country, it was clear these issues could be happening at scale and needed investigation. In March, […]
In the final days of this year’s UK election campaign, ABC NEWS reporters discovered a network of Facebook pages spreading pro-Kremlin talking points, racist memes and posts in support of the Conservative Party’s electoral rival, Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party. The five Facebook pages were seemingly unconnected and claimed to be based in the […]
A compelling three-part series on nine years of Coalition government, Nemesis captivated millions of Australians with its expose of politicking, ambition and power, as well as moments of remorse and regret. It was the latest in the ABC’s long-running series on key political eras, including Labor in Power (1993), The Howard Years (2008) and The […]
When Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci walked out on reporter Angus Grigg mid-interview, it was a key moment in a Four Corners program investigating the conduct of the big two supermarket chains and became a viral sensation on social media. In the reporting, the Four Corners team revealed tactics used by Coles with a supplier […]
The ABC’s Managing Director has apologised to Indigenous and culturally diverse staff for racism they’ve experienced at work. Source link
Culturally diverse staff at the ABC have been mistaken for other people of the same background, subjected to racial slurs, and passed up for career opportunities because of their backgrounds, a comprehensive examination of experiences of racism within the national broadcaster has heard. The review led by Indigenous lawyer Terri Janke was commissioned after several […]