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Antoinette Lattouf files second legal case against ABC over dismissal
Sacked radio host Antoinette Lattouf has filed more proceedings against the ABC, this time in the Federal Court, and alleges the broadcaster breached its own workplace agreement.
- by Calum Jaspan
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Network bosses argue against TV manufacturers ‘clipping their ticket’
Executives from Australia’s major networks and public broadcasters say laws ensuring free-to-air apps are easily available on smart TVs are essential.
- by Calum Jaspan
Ita Buttrose cancels planned ABC farewell
The outgoing ABC chair will depart with a whimper as festivities are cancelled.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Antoinette Lattouf returns to the ABC
The presenter, suing the public broadcaster for unlawful termination after being sacked from her radio gig last year, makes her small screen debut.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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How the ABC’s Gollum grip is killing Australian stories
The ABC was once the home of documentaries. Now the national broadcaster favours formulaic, presenter-led factual entertainment made by large production enterprises.
- by Gary Newman
‘I’m bracing myself for pushback’, says creator of mosque drama House of Gods
Osamah Sami burst onto the scene with his Muslim rom-com Ali’s Wedding. With his new drama House of Gods, set inside a mosque, he’s really getting serious.
- by Karl Quinn
Nemesis caps off an extraordinary exercise in documentary journalism
From Labor in Power in 1993 to the just-wrapped Nemesis, the four series on eight Australian prime ministers is a monumental achievement, one only the ABC could or would do.
- by Neil McMahon
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Was Nemesis a well-wrought historical documentary or Real Housewives of Canberra?
The series set in concrete the reputations of each of the prime ministerial protagonists but added nuance and delicious detail.
- by Jacqueline Maley
‘I do regret that’: Morrison admits clumsy handling of women’s issues
Former PM Scott Morrison has lamented losing his emotional bond with the Australian people, in the final episode of ABC docuseries Nemesis.
- by Paul Sakkal
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McBride trial
Whistleblower told to expect jail term for leaking of alleged war crime documents
Former military lawyer David McBride’s legal team hoped he would avoid jail because he exposed problems in the national interest. Now they are thinking the worst.
- by David Crowe
Dutton a thug, Morrison ‘duplicitous’: Turnbull unloads on enemies in Nemesis
One of Malcolm Turnbull’s former colleagues returns fire in the documentary, calling the former prime minister “one of the nastiest people” in politics.
- by Paul Sakkal