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New devices would need to provide easy access to free-to-air networks, pre-install their video-on-demand apps and present separate tilesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastManufacturers of new smart TVs will have to prominently display Australian TV channels to ensure local networks are not crowded out by streamers, under draft legislation released by the Labor government.The so-called prominence legislation...

Judge tells court assault was ‘violent and degrading’ as former TV host ordered to serve 18 months on community corrections orderFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe former TV host Andrew O’Keefe has avoided jail despite being found guilty of “violent and degrading” domestic attacks.The broadcaster was hit with three...

Move comes as pressure mounts on broadcaster’s management with union members passing vote of no confidence in managing director David AndersonGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe ABC has claimed it did not sack the journalist Antoinette Lattouf from her casual radio role, paving the way to attempt to have her termination case thrown out.It comes as pressure...

This blog is now closed.China lodges protests at Australia’s response to Taiwan’s presidential electionGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHusic deflects questions on whether ICJ case against Israel has meritQ: Does South Africa’s case before the international court of justice, accusing Israel of genocide, have merit?It’s not up to me as an individual cabinet minister to make reflections...

About 200 union members across Australia call for managing director David Anderson to cut short his leave and address concernsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastABC staff have again demanded management address concerns over the sacking of journalist Antoinette Lattouf, but have shelved plans for immediate industrial action.At a national...

Former ABC journalist looks forward to crafting ‘engaging interviews, stories, and investigations’ alongside award-winning teamGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe former ABC journalist Nour Haydar has joined Guardian Australia’s Full Story podcast team.Haydar will be the co-host of the daily podcast alongside Jane Lee. She is replacing Laura Murphy-Oates, who was chosen for an Atlantic Fellowship for...

Network Ten describes former Liberal staffer as ‘fundamentally dishonest’ in submissions released by federal court Bruce Lehrmann’s legal team has accepted their client’s evidence in his defamation trial against Network Ten was “in a number of respects unsatisfactory”, but not to the extent that he is a “compulsive liar” or had raped Brittany Higgins, newly released documents reveal.In written closing submissions released by the...