Former ABC chair Justin Milne tried to stop JJJ changing the date of its Australia Day Hottest 100 countdown, a Senate inquiry has heard. Photo: AAP/Mick Tsikas

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ABC chair's dire warnings about changing Australia Day countdown

The ex-chair of the ABC told staff at radio station Triple J that activists who get ahead of public sentiment can be “burnt at the stake”, as they discussed moving their Hottest 100 countdown from Australia Day.

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Guthrie didn't flag political interference: ABC board

ABC board directors say they weren’t aware the broadcaster’s ex-managing director Michelle Guthrie was concerned about attempts at political interference until she handed them a dossier of allegations.

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ABC bosses face grilling over political interference

Directors and staff at the ABC are set to be grilled by senators about allegations of political interference at the public broadcaster.

Politics

Xenophon's olive branch to former candidate as NXT loses Senate seat

Nick Xenophon says he would like to see former ‘Team’-mate Tim Storer return to the party fold after the High Court today paved the way for Skye Kakoschke-Moore’s former Senate seat to fall to the independent Adelaide businessman.

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New X-team senator backs citizenship referendum

New Zealand-born Rex Patrick, South Australia’s newest senator, would back a referendum to amend the increasingly-infamous section 44 of the constitution – and feels for his fellow former Kiwi Barnaby Joyce, whom he says is “quintessentially Australian”.