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Justin Stevens (left) and ABC managing director Hugh Marks at a Senate estimates hearing in December.

ABC News boss unaware he was being replaced, managing director says

Hugh Marks said that Justin Stevens resigned, but his exit was “inevitable” after the pair disagreed on the right direction for Australia’s largest newsroom.

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Foreign Correspondent and mockumentary writer Simon Robinson.

He has no TV experience and is little known in Australia. The ABC just handed him its biggest news job

The new boss of ABC News is an Aussie, but he’s been living and working outside the country since the 20th century.

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Simon Robinson, expected to be the ABC’s next news boss.

Reuters executive set to be new ABC News boss

Simon Robinson, an Australian currently based in London, has been chosen to lead ABC News, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter.

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Late Night Live host David Marr (centre left) speaks to Four Corners reporter Angus Grigg during a rally by staff outside the public broadcaster’s headquarters in Sydney.

ABC staff consider seven-day federal budget strike as pay talks continue

Managing director Hugh Marks will meet staff and representatives of two unions on Monday in a mediation session.

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Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner is presiding over major change in the publication’s Australian edition.

The Guardian’s razor gang gets cutting

The cartoonist behind First Dog on the Moon, which has been a pillar of the publication for more than a decade, has been put on rolling six-month contracts.

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ABC stars on strike.

The big ABC names who have gone on strike for higher pay

Fran Kelly, David Marr and a host of other staff at the broadcaster walked out for 24 hours on Wednesday morning, leaving the broadcaster without key programs.

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Hugh Marks intervenes in mid-Test feud between Cricket Australia and ABC

Marks, the managing director of the national broadcaster, rang CA boss Todd Greenberg to complain after the ABC was denied access to an Australian player for a post-stumps interview on Tuesday.

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Cutting the cake: Hugh Marks and Alexi Baker on Saturday.

Five years ago, they gave up everything for their relationship. Now Hugh Marks and Alexi Baker are married

The ABC boss and his former subordinate tied the knot in an understated ceremony in Sydney’s east.

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ABC 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson and Victorian Liberal senator Sarah Henderson.

Star ABC reporter’s Canberra corridor stand-off with Liberal critic

ABC 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson and Liberal senator Sarah Henderson recently squared off over a Four Corners program on Donald Trump and the January 6 insurrection.

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ABC boss Hugh Marks during a National Press Club address on Wednesday.

‘We can’t be defensive’: ABC boss says it won’t operate in fear

The public broadcaster’s managing director, Hugh Marks, says it’s better served by owning up to its mistakes quickly, but should not be afraid to push back against unfair criticism.

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