Lateline logs off but Emma Alberici lives on

The ABC’s Lateline is no longer. The Australian, yesterday:

After 27 years on air, Lateline fell victim to budget cuts and dwindling ratings. The program has endured budget cuts and staff departures. Two years ago it moved to a 9.30pm slot on the digital ABC News Channel, with a repeat on the main channel in its traditional 10.30pm slot. But audiences stayed away.

But host Emma Alberici is here to stay. ABC press release, yesterday:

Emma Alberici becomes the ABC’s chief ­economics correspondent.

Despite Alberici recently snubbing Aunty’s rules on the SSM survey. ABC editorial policy director Mark Maley’s email to all staff, August 10:

Please remember … that the ABC does not have a position on the issue.

Alberici attacking Sky News’ Caroline Marcus on Twitter, August 15:

Says she’ll vote NO to prove a point WTF? Ignores own colleagues at @SkyNews who call those against #SSM bigots …

The Lateline host hasn’t stopped preaching about same-sex marriage on Twitter, September 14:

What is “radical gender theory” anyway? #SSM

While some other poor bugger is set to lose their job. The Australianonline, yesterday:

Staff from existing programs will be offered the chance to join the new unit although ABC sources said there could be some redundancies.

No wonder Tony Jones jumped ship at the beginning of the year. The Australian, January 31:

The journalist is taking a year off from the evening current affairs program … to concentrate on writing a book … Jones is working on a novel about political terrorism in the 1970s, to be published by Allen & Unwin.

Elsewhere on the ABC, Gillian Triggs bags the same-sex marriage survey. RN Drive, Wednesday:

Patricia Karvelas: The High Court determined that it was entirely legitimate for the government to do it.

Triggs: Well you say that, but I haven’t looked in the last 24 hours, but I don’t believe the reasons for this decision have yet been made public, which is interesting in itself.

The decision came out last week. AAP, September 28:

The High Court has published its reasons for giving the same-sex marriage postal survey the green light, ruling the federal government had the power under the Constitution to fund it and there was no error of law.

Does this woman remember anything? Triggs finds out the latest High Court news on RN Drive, yesterday:

They’ve just come out, have they? I haven’t caught up with that …

Mate, you really need to work on your memory skills. Triggs at Senate estimates, November 20, 2014:

I certainly did not discuss that (the children in detention inquiry) as far as I recall with the (Labor government) minister, and I did have reasonably regular meetings with the minister — of both governments, as a matter of it.

Senate estimates, a few hours later:

Senator Barry O’Sullivan: But your memory has improved during the break, because you now remember discussing it with Chris Bowen and Tony Burke.

Triggs: I do remember …