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Free TV pressured to remove Harold Mitchell after claims he favoured Seven bidMitchell is alleged to have used his position as vice-president of Tennis Australia to withhold information on rival bids
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Craig McLachlan refused police interview over assault claims, court toldMcLachlan is suing Fairfax Media, the ABC and former co-star Christie Whelan Browne for defamation
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Sky claims exclusive with state election 'face-off' as ABC tunes up the radio
The Weekly Beast Sky claims exclusive with state election 'face-off' as ABC tunes up the radio
Amanda MeadeParties fail to agree on free-to-air Victoria debate, but ABC gets creative. Plus, the Guthrie-Milne mess in Ultimo and more cuts at News Corp
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Rebel Wilson loses high court bid to reclaim $4.1m of defamation damagesHigh court refuses to grant special leave to challenge decision to reduce damages payout in case against Bauer Media
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I screwed up on social media. That's what normal people do – the ones we need in politicsI screwed up on social media. That's what normal people do – the ones we need in politics
Joanna NilsonI’d joked about shoplifting and minor recreational drug use. I was foolish. The shame was, and is, paralysing
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Nine board tells AGM it is 'confident' Fairfax shareholders will give green light to mergerPeter Costello says new company will be up and running by 10 December -
Universities warn against meddling as inquiry into freedom of speech announcedFormer high court chief justice Robert French to examine protections to freedom of expression on campuses -
ABC management backtracks on ban on Sally McManus entering Sydney HQExecutive’s letter says it is ‘inappropriate’ for ACTU secretary to hold union meeting inside the ABC -
Labor asks about Liberal MP Chris Crewther's eligibility – as it happenedFoodbank funding cut reversed by Coalition after outcry, as fallout continued from Michelle Guthrie’s explosive allegations
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Good riddance to Guthrie and Milne. The ABC needs grown-ups in chargeAs the he-said she-said scrapping on Four Corners shows, neither of them was suitable to care for our most important cultural institution
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'It was magic': Kerry O'Brien on ABC bosses, battles and why it's no bed of leftiesExclusive: The veteran journalist’s new memoir ranges across his 50-year career to write about his 7.30 heyday, culture wars and his ‘tinges of regrets’
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Geoffrey Rush may never be able to work again, lawyer tells courtOpposing counsel says the only evidence about actor’s inability to work is coming from other people and not Rush himself



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