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Sophie ElsworthEurope Correspondent

Sophie is Europe correspondent for News Corporation Australia and began reporting from Europe in November 2024. Her role includes covering all the big issues in Europe reporting for titles including The Daily and Sunday Telegraphs, daily and Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and Brisbane’s Sunday Mail and Adelaide’s The Advertiser and Sunday Mail as well as regional and community brands. She has worked at numerous News Corp publications throughout her career and was media writer at The Australian, based in Melbourne, for four years before moving to the UK. She has also worked as a reporter at the Herald Sun in Melbourne, The Advertiser in Adelaide and The Courier-Mail in Brisbane and on the Sunshine Coast. Sophie regularly appears on TV and is a Sky News Australia contributor appearing on primetime programs including Credlin and The Kenny Report, a role she continues while in Europe. She graduated from university with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees and grew up on a sheep farm in central Victoria.

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Nine exec and cultural review

Nine exec made redundant before cultural review published

One of Nine’s senior managers has announced she is leaving the business just weeks before the company hands down its review into workplace bullying and sexual harassment.

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Shiite Muslims carry palestinian flag during a peace rally to condemn the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, late leader of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, by an Israeli air strike in Lebanon, in Chennai October 5, 2024. (Photo by R.Satish BABU / AFP)

ABC ombudsman changes ‘sympathetic’ Hezbollah stories

The taxpayer-funded broadcaster’s watchdog received more than a dozen complaints about an article that readers claimed was ‘too sympathetic to Hezbollah’.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 06: Pro Palestine supporters chant a slogan during a protest at Hyde Park on October 06, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Organizers of pro-Palestine protests in Sydney are set to proceed with a rally on Sunday, October 6, despite legal attempts by police to prohibit the gatherings due to safety concerns related to anticipated crowd sizes and potential disruptions. The following day, a vigil is scheduled to honor victims of violence in Gaza, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attacks, which has drawn criticism from government officials who deem the timing

ABC changes ‘correct’ way to report on Middle East

The taxpayer-funded broadcaster has sent out new guidelines to staff explaining how to report accurately on the war which includes changes to the language used.

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Ray Hadley and Ben Fordham.

Sydney radio ratings ‘don’t add up’

The latest radio ratings which saw audiences for Sydney station 2GB plummet resulted in urgent action being taken before they were released.

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Peter Dutton says the ABC is in “greater trouble” than he thought after a reporter asked him about Australia’s listing ofHezbollah a terrorist organisation. is warning of “tragedy” if something is not done to cool down conversations in Australia about the expandingconflict in the Middle East. The Opposition Leader’s comments come after Hezbollah flags and framed photos of the terrorist group’s slain leader, Hassan Nasrallah, popped up at pro-Palestine rallies in Sydney and Melbourne over the weekend. Picture: Sky News

ABC disowns Hezbollah questioning

The ABC said a tense exchange between a female reporter and Peter Dutton was ‘not a piece of reporting’ or a position taken by the public broadcaster.

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ABC managing director David Anderson, top right, has apologies to staff after a review prompted by the departure of Stan Grant, bottom right, uncovered racism at the public broadcaster.

ABC review uncovers ‘systemic’ racism

Staff making derogatory and offensive remarks are among explosive revelations from the taxpayer-funded broadcaster’s racism review, prompting an apology from boss David Anderson.

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29/11/2021 Patricia Karvelas is the new host of Radio National breakfast program. Aaron Francis/The Australian

ABC Radio listeners turn off, 2GB plummets

The ABC’s major radio stations suffered ratings falls across the country while Nine Radio’s Sydney station also saw listeners tune out.

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Disrupt Radio incoming chair, Michelle Guthrie.

Disrupt Radio abandons digital

Start-up station Disrupt Radio is overhauling its strategy in order to attract listeners however its staff are still unpaid.

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ABC Head of Editorial Policy Alan Sunderland appears at a Senate estimates hearing at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, October 23, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

ABC’s ‘fake audio’ review draws fire

The appointment of former ABC editorial chief Alan Sunderland to conduct an independent review into the ‘fake audio’ scandal at the broadcaster has raised red flags for some.

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Brisbane Lions players celebrate with the premiership cup after winning the AFL Grand Final after defeating the Sydney Swans at the MCG. Picture Lachie Millard

AFL grand final’s biggest audience in eight years with 4m viewers

The nation’s TV ratings service, OzTAM, delivered the TV ratings more than seven hours late but it was a top result for key AFL free-to-air broadcaster Channel 7.

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