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Antoinette Lattouf addresses the media outside Federal Court in February.

Legal bid against Herald and Age in Lattouf case fails

The Federal Court heard a bid by a group of pro-Israel lobbyists to have The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age punished for contempt of court.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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ABC Chair Kim Williams during an interview with AFR media and marketing reporter Sam Buckingham Jones at the ABC Headquarters in Ultimo, Sydney on June 10, 2024. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Frequent flyer Kim Williams racks up $50,000 travel budget

The ABC chair has been vocal and active since landing the top job last year. And that means plenty of taxpayer-funded travel.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman, Stephen Brook and Gemma Grant
The books we’re excited to read in the second half of 2025.

Thirty books we’ll be talking about for the rest of 2025

Clear your shelves. Here’s the fiction and non-fiction you can look forward to reading for the rest of the year.

  • Melanie Kembrey
Singer, songwriter, podcaster Ben Lee.

‘It’s easy to get complacent’: Ben Lee’s bold plan to save Aussie music

The singer believes the youth radio station should be doing more to promote local music, and it begins with overhauling the Hottest 100.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Heather Ewart is presenting her final episodes of the popular ABC series Back Roads.

Heather Ewart won’t use the word retire, but there’s a reason she’s leaving Back Roads

Two cancer diagnoses and injuries from a car crash in May have contributed to the popular ABC presenter’s decision.

  • Bridget McManus
Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal

Antisemitism envoy singles out ABC reporting in stoush over ‘manipulated narratives’

The clash comes a day after Jillian Segal presented her blueprint to crack down on anti-Jewish hate, which she says is growing in part due to media reporting.

  • Olivia Ireland
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Labor government staff Brigid Delaney is leaving government to launch a stoicism advisory business, a Substack and two books.

Wellmania author Brigid Delaney quits Albanese government for side hustles

The journalist and author is stepping down as Tanya Plibersek’s speechwriter to focus on her many side-gigs – as well as planning a semi-autobiographical novel which could leave friends and colleagues nervous.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Writer Brigid Delaney.

Two book projects, a Substack and a business on the go, but this writer’s staying stoic

From the timeless teachings of the ancients to her numerous real-life adventures, Brigid Delaney has a lot of material to work with.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Erin Patterson has been charged with murder and attempted murder over a fatal lunch.

ABC’s mushroom murder drama leads flurry of trial TV shows

The drama is among a flurry of documentaries and a book all promising to get to the heart of the case that has captured international attention.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Louise Adler was very critical of Creative Australia’s decision to drop Khaled Sabsabi.

‘Creative Australia is not fit-for-purpose’: Arts heavyweights demand answers

While welcoming the reappointment of Khaled Sabsabi for next year’s Venice Biennale, prominent arts identities say key questions must be answered.

  • Kerrie O'Brien and Linda Morris

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