Tory Maguire defends Nine CEO’s trip to Greece as reporters seethe over job cuts
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Nine staff ask managing director of publishing if Mike Sneesby failed to ‘face the music’ after announcing job cuts. Plus: Andrew Probyn unloads on ABC
March 2024
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Peter FitzSimons scores own goal in rush to judge Sam Kerr over alleged ‘racist epithets’
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Kerry O’Brien criticises ABC, saying management needs ‘clarity of thought’ as Ita Buttrose departs
January 2024
Kim Williams is more than just a former Murdoch boss, but his new role does not make it his ABC
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Ita Buttrose backs David Anderson after ABC board passes unanimous vote of confidence
August 2023
Ita Buttrose to step down as ABC chair in March 2024 at end of current term
From feminine to feminist: Women’s Weekly celebrates its 90-year reign over Australian women
June 2022
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Ita Buttrose puts Chris Kenny in his place as Sky News’s ABC doco draws blanks
Amanda Meade
Ita Buttrose recalls ‘open sexism’ at News Corp in 1980s where women were seen as ‘the enemy’
May 2022
The weekly beast
Toto Albanese steals the post-election show as News Corp front pages do an about-face
Amanda Meade
Independent review praises ABC complaints unit but recommends new ombudsman role to handle appeals
December 2021
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Au revoir for ABC luminaries, while Leunig lays into the Age
Amanda Meade
Fran Kelly and Gaven Morris step down, with latter highlighting pride in diversity push. Plus: tributes for Crikey co-founder Christian Kerr
Senate inquiry into ABC suspended after Labor and Greens motion gets cross-bench support
Scott Morrison backs Senate ABC inquiry, saying national broadcaster ‘not above scrutiny’
ABC chair Ita Buttrose accuses Coalition of ‘political interference’ and ‘intimidation’
June 2021
ABC board defends Ita Buttrose against ‘disrespectful’ spray by Liberal powerbroker
Joseph Gersh says Michael Kroger was ‘out of line’ on Sky News Australia when he called ABC chair a ‘hopeless failure’ who should resign over biased programs
December 2020
ABC chair Ita Buttrose accuses government of 'political interference' in draft letter to Paul Fletcher
Exclusive: Buttrose mounts robust defence of broadcaster’s independence in response to questions about Four Corners’ episode Inside the Canberra Bubble
'I have no intention' of sacking ABC chair Ita Buttrose, minister says
Paul Fletcher says he is within rights to expect a ‘serious and substantive’ response from Buttrose over Four Corners story into Christian Porter and Alan Tudge
ABC accuses Morrison government of using News Corp to attack its journalism
Government tactics criticised after the Australian newspaper briefed about a series of Coalition questions meant for the ABC before the broadcaster even received them
