ABC chairman Justin Milne has resigned. Photo: AAP/Joel Carrett

News

ABC chairman Justin Milne resigns as interference scandal grows

ABC chairman Justin Milne has resigned amid growing questions about political pressure being applied to the national broadcaster’s journalism.

Opinion

Why threats to the ABC's editorial independence must be resisted

Once editorial independence weakens, so too does public trust in a news organisation. And when it comes to resisting the ‘relentless bullying’ of the Federal Government, the ABC is at a crossroads, writes Denis Muller.

World

Journalist fakes his death to 'thwart Russian plot'

A dissident Russian journalist reported murdered in Kiev has dramatically reappeared alive in the middle of a briefing about his own killing by the Ukrainian state security service.

Opinion

Fearful media needs to face the hard truths about SA

South Australia’s media largely ignores the real challenges facing the state – and that spells trouble for all of us, argues Malcolm King.

Books & Poetry

Tom Wolfe, pioneer of "new journalism", dies

Tom Wolfe, the white-suited wizard of “New Journalism” who exuberantly chronicled American culture from the Merry Pranksters through the space race before turning his satiric wit to such novels as The Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full, has died. He was 88.