Ita Buttrose grilled over Laura Tingle email amid Antoinette Lattouf axing
Former ABC chair Ita Buttrose got an email from the public broadcaster’s chief political correspondent expressing her 'deep concern' about the public debate around Lattouf's dismissal, the Federal Court has been told.
Welcome to coverage of the unfair dismissal case between former presenter Antoinette Lattouf and the ABC in the Federal Court. Live coverage has now ended, recap the day's key developments below.
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Bloom a ‘Chernobyl of the marine environment’
Conservationists, experts and cabinet ministers are calling for the federal government to respond to the algal bloom crisis, which has invaded parts of the South Australian coastline since May.
Treasury chief who championed smaller government dies at 96
John Stone, the fearless Treasury chief who once said it was his job ‘to hold the gate against the barbarian hordes’, has been remembered as the most brilliant of public servants and a tireless believer in smaller government.