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The future of News Breakfast? Not as simple as ABC

The future of News Breakfast? Not as simple as ABC

Tony Armstrong has joined Lisa Millar as the second high-profile departure from ABC News Breakfast in as many months - so where to now for Aunty’s flagship morning TV program?

  • by Thomas Mitchell

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Party favour: Matt Bach’s 48-hour commute for one hour in court

Party favour: Matt Bach’s 48-hour commute for one hour in court

A former Liberal MP’s return to Melbourne to give evidence for old boss John Pesutto comes with maximum inconvenience.

  • by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Kim Williams says ABC news can be ‘tabloid’
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Kim Williams says ABC news can be ‘tabloid’

The ABC chair faced former ABC presenter Kerry O’Brien in the unlikely setting of a holiday hot spot.

  • by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Kim and Kerry preach to the ABC faithful
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Kim and Kerry preach to the ABC faithful

The ABC chair faced former ABC presenter Kerry O’Brien in the unlikely setting of the holiday hot spot.

  • by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Was it worth it? The modest sum Laura Tingle pocketed for explosive writers’ festival remarks

Was it worth it? The modest sum Laura Tingle pocketed for explosive writers’ festival remarks

The ABC journalist’s comments at the Sydney Writers’ Festival this year raised plenty of culture war ire but weren’t much of a money raiser.

  • by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Familiar as hell? Shaun Micallef’s new chat show not what the ABC needs
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Familiar as hell? Shaun Micallef’s new chat show not what the ABC needs

Promoting his return to the ABC, Shaun Micallef quips that he stepped aside two years ago to make way for young talent, but there “wasn’t any”.

  • by Thomas Mitchell
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Jane Hume is reunited with her Lycra buddy
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Jane Hume is reunited with her Lycra buddy

Canberra is a small town, as the Coalition senator found when she relived a viral moment at the Midwinter Ball.

  • by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Dutton’s nuclear plan is like something from a Soviet-era fantasy
Letters
Letters

Dutton’s nuclear plan is like something from a Soviet-era fantasy

Readers respond to Peter Dutton’s audacious pitch to nuclear Australia with some incredulity.

Should Paul Barry be the last journalist to host Media Watch?

Should Paul Barry be the last journalist to host Media Watch?

With Barry about to end his 11-year tenure in the hot seat, the ABC could hand over the task of keeping the outlets honest to someone outside the so-called media bubble.

  • by Calum Jaspan
Fear, loathing and other nuclear questions
Letters
Letters

Fear, loathing and other nuclear questions

Readers respond to Peter Dutton’s unveiling of the locations for nuclear power plants around Australia.

Rush to solve Melbourne housing crisis leaves questions unanswered
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Letters

Rush to solve Melbourne housing crisis leaves questions unanswered

Readers ask how the state government’s plans for more housing in metro Melbourne will occur given current infrastructure shortages.

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