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ABC’s first Middle East correspondent urges management to back staff during Israel-Gaza conflict

Peter George says journalists aren’t as protected now by management as he was in the 1980s, and are at increasing risk of self-censoring

The Guardian - AU

Kim Williams will be a quite different ABC chair, and is no Murdoch stooge

Don’t expect business as usual from new ABC chair Kim Williams. He brings extensive broadcasting and arts management expertise to the role.

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Aunty gets a new boss, while Aussies look abroad for news

Briefs this week sees a new boss christened at the ABC, while the national broadcaster remains in turmoil over the sacking of Antoinette Lattouf.

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Kim Williams, former News Corp CEO, to replace Ita Buttose as ABC chair

Prime minister Anthony Albanese’s announcement follows union members’ vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson

The Guardian - AU

Ita Buttrose backs David Anderson after ABC board passes unanimous vote of confidence

Comments follow week of internal unrest at national broadcaster after journalist Antoinette Lattouf lodged unlawful dismissal claim

The Guardian - AU

Multimillion-dollar hub to support thousands of veterans in ACT, NSW

It will connect to 10 RSL sub branches in the ACT and NSW.

The Canberra Times

NSW minister’s wife ‘disciplined’ for pro-Palestine stand

The teacher wife of NSW minister Jihad Dib has been ‘disciplined’ for her pro-Palestinian activism at school, and Labor has reiterated its position on the stage three tax cuts has not changed.

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‘The club was finished’: Iron will brings Scunthorpe back from brink

Ruinous ownership took the club down to the sixth tier and near-extinction but new leadership is driving hopes of recovery

The Guardian - UK

Antoinette Lattouf and ABC hit mediation stalemate in unlawful termination case

Journalist says ‘the fight continues’ after parties fail to reach agreement in Fair Work Commission hearing

The Guardian - AU

Lattouf crowdfunds, while Nine gets a new boss and pays out a class-action

New bosses and payouts start a busy year at Nine, while the ABC continues to grapple with its sacking of presenter Antoinette Lattouf.

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ABC strongly denies outside influence in removal of Antoinette Lattouf

As broadcaster prepares to defend a wrongful dismissal case, managing editor ‘rejects’ it was influenced by pro-Israel groups lobbying for presenter to be removed

The Guardian - AU

Staff threaten to strike over termination of ABC host

Threat of walkout comes as national broadcaster files its response to wrongful dismissal claim brought by presenter

The Guardian - AU

ABC chief is right: impartiality is paramount when reporting the Israel-Gaza war

On November 17, the ABC’s editor-in-chief and managing director, David Anderson, was interviewed on Radio 774, the ABC’s local station in Melbourne, about criticisms of the national broadcaster’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza war.

The Conversation

ABC boss slams activist journos, and Barnaby invites News Corp to his big day

In this week’s Media Briefs, ABC journos cop a blast from the boss, News Corp re-Joyces at a country wedding, and spinning a yarn in WA.

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Young people less likely to mark Remembrance Day

Young Australians are turning away from commemorating the nation's veterans on Remembrance Day as calls mount for better awareness programs.

The Guardian - AU

Anti-Woodside protesters gather at ABC studios amid fears Four Corners will reveal sources

WA police demanded the ABC reveal its sources for an episode of Four Corners featuring a Disrupt Burrup Hub protest against Woodside Energy

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Cricket goes woke, Q+A guest harassed and the ABC defends its journos

A stoush at the ABC’s Southbank studios, cricket hit for six and a national anthem storm in Senate estimates all feature in this week’s Media Briefs.

The Guardian - AU

Interview with senior Hamas leader ‘editorially justified’, ABC boss tells Senate grilling

David Anderson defends 7.30 interview, saying it was to ‘challenge them’, and confirms Middle East correspondent Tom Joyner under investigation

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ABC seeks to protect Woodside protest footage sources

ABC bosses are being scrutinised about the national broadcaster's coverage of a climate protest at the home of an energy company's boss.

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ABC to pay but no apology for defamed commando

The ABC will end up spending significantly more than $1 million on its failed defence of an ex-commando's defamation case, but its head won't apologise.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mistakenly shot by Des Plaines cop, young guitarist will get $1.9 million payout

The shooting by an officer who chased a bank robber into a music school on the Northwest Side left Rylan Wilder needing more than a dozen operations. Des Plaines officials admitted no wrongdoing.

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The Australian ‘unfairly’ characterised Louise Milligan as lazy and deceitful: Press Council

The finding comes two years after Milligan first filed a complaint over the piece, which first ran on June 8 2021 in print and online.

The Guardian - AU

Amanda Vanstone’s expletive-laden insult of radio show guest caps off ABC’s hellish week

Former Howard government minister and host of RN’s Counterpoint program leaves science educator Corey Tutt in disbelief. Plus: wireless wipeout in Melbourne

The Guardian - AU

ABC chief says Stan Grant unfairly attacked by the Australian in story about ‘altercation’ with colleague

David Anderson says the story, about an incident in ABC headquarters, was an internal matter and ‘not in the public interest’

The Guardian - AU

Virginia Trioli to leave ABC Radio Melbourne for new TV arts show

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