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2GB breakfast host Ben Fordham is still No. 1, despite the station’s overall losses.

Smooth FM rolls 2GB to take No.1 Sydney radio spot as ABC struggles

Listeners are continuing to turn away from ABC mornings, but there was some good news for the national broadcaster.

  • Michael Lallo

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ABC journalist Patricia Karvelas.

‘The world has changed’: The ABC reveals plan and job cuts as it axes Q+A after 18 years

The ABC’s news director, Justin Stevens, has expressed pride in the program but says it was “time to rethink how audiences want to interact”.

  • Louise Rugendyke
The Project (clockwise from left): Susie Youssef; Georgie Tunny, Sam Taunton, Rove McManus, Hamish Macdonald; Sarah Harris and Waleed Aly. 

The Project’s stars leave Ten as program is axed, replacement announced

Hosts Waleed Aly and Sarah Harris will leave Ten in the biggest change to the network’s prime-time schedule in years.

  • Michael Lallo
Kim Williams, chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, at the National Press Club on Wednesday.

‘Changes in media are part of life’: ABC chair backs axing popular radio host

Sarah Macdonald’s surprise removal from her Sydney slot was met by fierce backlash from both within the ABC and outside it.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

‘Shame!’ ABC’s OMG moment as radio boss rushes to restore calm

Former Q&A host Hamish Macdonald is tipped to take over the “poisoned chalice” of ABC mornings, as listeners vent their anger about the dumping of Sarah Macdonald.

  • Jordan Baker and Carrie Fellner
Lay of the land: foreign correspondent Hamish Macdonald.

A war correspondent’s nightmare: deciphering Putin

As a reporter who’s covered a few Russian military forays, I’ve discovered that few are as effective as Putin in the art of confusion, deception and chaos.

  • Hamish Macdonald
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The great contenders: Leigh Sales, centre, with (clockwise from top left) Stan Grant, Waleed Aly, Laura Tingle, Hamish Macdonald, David Speers and Patricia Karvelas. 

Big shoes to fill: Who will take over the 7.30 chair from Leigh Sales?

What does it take to be the host of the ABC’s current affairs show 7.30, and who might be up to it?

  • Karl Quinn
Hamish Macdonald’s arrival at the ABC was hailed as a coup for both of them. But it didn’t turn out quite as planned.

‘It was pretty isolating’: Why Hamish Macdonald left Q+A to return to The Project

The high-profile presenter moved from 10 to the ABC in late 2019, but barely 18 months later he was heading back the other way. Now, he explains why.

  • Karl Quinn
Q&A host Hamish Macdonald is leaving the show. 

What’s wrong with the ABC’s once-mighty Q+A, and how to fix it

The departure of host Hamish Macdonald after 18 months has prompted questions about Q+A’s future - and an opportunity to get it right.

  • Karl Quinn
Some readers were looking forward to the start of the Games, while others were questioning why they were still going ahead.

‘At what cost?’: Readers debate wisdom of holding an Olympics in a pandemic

With the Tokyo Olympics upon us after many setbacks in a global pandemic, readers debated Australia’s medal prospects but also revealed different levels of enthusiasm for the Games proceeding.

  • Orietta Guerrera

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