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Justin Milne quits as ABC chairman as crisis rages
Board directors came to the agreement at a meeting this morning - that took place without Milne - to ask him to step down. He has now resigned.
- by Jennifer Duke & Michael Koziol
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Analysis
ABC
Now Milne is gone, the entire ABC board is exposed
The ABC board's handling of the crisis gripping the public broadcaster deserves serious scrutiny.
- by John McDuling
Telemarketer hit with record $285,000 'Do Not Call' penalty
Telemarketing firm Lead My Way has paid a record penalty for calling numbers on the nation's 'Do Not Call' register.
- by Emma Koehn
'One of biggest nights': Cops ready for spike in violence
Apart from New Year's Eve, grand final night is the worst of the year for family violence across the state, police say.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Breaking
School funding
Billions in school funds under threat if deal not struck
Government has threatened to withhold billions of dollars of funding if states refuse to sign up to new funding deal.
- by Henrietta Cook
Motorcyclist who cost young mum her life was career crim
Motorcyclist killed in crash that led to death of young mother had a long history of dangerous driving and drug offences.
- by Simone Fox Koob & Melissa Cunningham
Woman kept mother's body to 'see the stages of death'
Curiosity led a US woman to allegedly keep her 93-year-old mother's body in their home for months.
Featured
Opinion & Perspectives
Guthrie had to wear two hats at the ABC. Neither fitted well
It’s becoming very obvious that the ABC has a lack of clearly defined roles and that’s causing chaos and controversy.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Labor's super plan for women misses the point
It continues a process of adding complexity, yet only tinkering at the edges of a fundamentally flawed system.
Richard Barnes
Adopt quotas for female MPs or face extinction
I've always opposed quotas, but given obvious flaws with merit as a basis of pre-selection, a 50% quota seems essential.
John Hewson
AFL
Analysis
AFL
A Collingwood flag is no longer a Pie in the sky
West Coast are imposing in key positions, but the Magpies have the spread of talent to win.
- by Wayne Carey
Updated
AFL Grand Final
Jeremy Howe trains strongly ahead of grand final
Collingwood will almost certainly head into Saturday’s grand final against West Coast with an unchanged line-up after Jeremy Howe trained strongly on Thursday.
- by Ronny Lerner
Politics
Analysis
ABC
Now Justin Milne has gone, the entire ABC board is exposed and may have to follow him out the door
The ABC board's handling of the crisis gripping the public broadcaster deserves serious scrutiny.
- by John McDuling
World
The football league that can't stop killing its supporters
- by James Massola & Karuni Rompies
Property bydomain
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes buys Australia's most expensive house
Exclusive: Fairwater estate has sold for near $100m, ending the Fairfax family's century-long hold on an exclusive stretch of beachfront.
- by Lucy Macken
What happens to The Block contestants if they run out of money?
As the competition hurtles to auction day, The Block is becoming a battle of the budgets. And some are in a much healthier position than others.
- by Zara McDonald
Business
Analysis
Interest rates
No longer 'envy of the world': Fed's projections put it on collision course with Trump
The Fed's economic projections are sure to put it at odds with the President.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Small business
Entertainment
'Desperate Housewives' star Marcia Cross is 'happy to be alive' after battling anal cancer
The actress broke the news of her health battle in a series of Instagram posts.
- by Cydney Henderson
A show people will actually watch emerges from the dust of ABC's calamity
The '70s and '80s had Countdown and the '90s had Recovery, now there's The Set.
- by Robert Moran
Lifestyle
Smarter living
Why I let my children have 'mental health days'
I can tell when one of my children need a day to recharge their soul.
- by Bianca Wordley
The Nokia 8110 4G is another retro revival gone wrong
With support for Wi-Fi and 4G but serious core issues, the new 8110 is an improvement and a step back.
- by Tim Biggs
Food bygoodfood
Travel bytraveller
Cars bydrive
Sport
Unprecedented: Hazlewood, Marsh named joint Australian vice-captains
Cricket Australia have taken the unprecedented step of naming joint vice-captains for the Australian Test cricket team.
- by Andrew Wu
Mariners to judge Bolt in January: Mulvey
By January next year, Central Coast coach Mike Mulvey expects to have an estimation of Usain Bolt's chances of earning a contract.
