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Hugh Marks confirms ABC secretly engaged recruitment firm and signals sweeping changes at national broadcaster Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The ABC managing director, Hugh Marks, has confirmed he secretly engaged a recruitment company to look for a replacement for news director Justin Stevens after the two disagreed over the direction of ABC News. Marks said Stevens “did not know” he had begun an international search for a new head of news but it was a necessary move because they “couldn’t get agreement on the way forward”. Continue reading...

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Australia news live: Julian Hill claims Labor has ‘won the debate’ on housing tax changes; homelessness soars in NSW

Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A Labor MP has declared victory in the debate over the government’s tax reforms, engaging in a bit of meta-commentary at the end of parliament’s sitting fortnight. Julian Hill made the comments on the ABC’s Afternoon Briefing on Thursday. I believe the government’s won the debate on negative gearing. I believe we’ve won the debate on capital gains tax on property. And we’re winning the debate, we got a way to go, on removing the distortion that would otherwise be there. … I think we’re winning the debate … Start ups and so on, we are still engaging on. Continue reading...

Australia politics live: James Paterson says One Nation needs ‘increased scrutiny’; minimum wage rate set today

Shadow minister says the Coalition must treat minor party as an opponent, not an enemy. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast James Paterson, the shadow defence minister, says that One Nation’s “increased prominence” should bring “increased scrutiny”, brushing off suggestions from new party president Tony Abbott that the Liberals should not fight with parties to their political right. Paterson told the ABC on Monday night: One Nation are not our enemy but they are a political opponent, they are trying to take votes and seats off the Liberal Party. Their increased prominence in the polls, brings increased legitimate scrutiny on their performance, on their policies, on their candidates, on their conduct. It’s up to the parliamentary party to chart our own course, and I’m very clear about our role in this. It’s not really his role as party president, it’s an organisational role, his role is to rally the troops, to raise money, to get the campaign organisations fighting fit, I’m very pleased he’s put his hand up for that role, he’ll be outstanding in it. Continue reading...

Cory Booker has ‘concerns’ with Graham Platner’s Senate bid after leaked texts

US senator says Platner, whose wife says he sent sexually explicit messages to other women, has ‘questions to answer’ A high-profile Democrat has expressed concerns with party candidate Graham Platner’s Maine US Senate campaign amid revelations that Platner reportedly sent a number of sexually explicit messages to other women while married. “Yes, I have concerns,” Cory Booker, the US senator from New Jersey, said Sunday on ABC’s This Week when host Jonathan Karl when asked about the Platner revelations. “That guy has questions to answer – and that’s what campaigns are for.” Continue reading...

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James Valentine memorial: famous friends, family and fans gather to farewell ABC radio host

Governor general Sam Mostyn, television personalities Richard Roxburgh, Julia Morris and Gretel Killeen among those who attended the packed public event in Sydney James Valentine’s fans joined his family, friends, colleagues, and the entertainment industry in a moving celebration of his life at the Sydney town hall on Friday afternoon. The broadcaster and musician, who hosted ABC Sydney’s Afternoon show for 25 years, died last month at the age of 64. Continue reading...

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Reuters executive Simon Robinson expected to replace Justin Stevens as ABC news director

Hugh Marks refuses to confirm or deny to Senate estimates that he threatened to terminate Stevens if he didn’t resign Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter here A top news executive from Reuters, Simon Robinson, is expected to be appointed as news director of the ABC in coming days, Guardian Australia can reveal. He will be the external replacement for Justin Stevens who resigned on Wednesday after four years in the role, citing personal and professional reasons. Sign up to get Guardian Australia’s weekly media diary as a free newsletter Continue reading...

BHP admits to stalled emissions reductions as WA premier says miners have ‘moral obligation’ to decarbonise

Head of BHP’s WA iron ore operations unable to give firm timeline for replacing diesel trucks as leaked documents reveal decarbonisation delay Read more from the BHP files investigation here Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A senior BHP executive has admitted the Australian multinational’s push to reduce emissions has been delayed as the Western Australian premier, Roger Cook, said big miners had an “important moral obligation” to decarbonise. An exclusive investigation based on documents leaked to the Guardian and ABC revealed this week that the world’s biggest miner has hit the brakes on decarbonisation, something experts fear could put Australia’s national emissions reductions targets at risk. Continue reading...

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Justin Stevens resigns as ABC director of news after four years in role

Managing director Hugh Marks says Stevens made ‘incredible commitment’ to broadcaster over 19 years Justin Stevens has resigned as ABC director of news after four years in the role, citing personal and professional reasons. ‌ABC managing director Hugh Marks said Stevens had made an “incredible commitment” to the ABC over 19 years, including ensuring ABC News is the number one digital news provider. Continue reading...

Rein in fossil fuel tax concessions, Labor MP says after BHP revelations

Jerome Laxale breaks ranks to publicly back reforms that would also wind back the diesel fuel rebate Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Labor MP Jerome Laxale says it’s “reasonable to expect more” from mining giants, breaking ranks to publicly back changes to the generous tax concessions blamed for holding back decarbonisation after revelations BHP delayed major projects to cut emissions. Labor’s grassroots environment action group has also renewed calls to wind back the diesel fuel rebate following an exclusive investigation by the Guardian and the ABC, which revealed BHP scrapped a project to significantly reduce global emissions, delayed vast renewables projects in the Pilbara and war-gamed options to push the electrification of its polluting diesel truck and train fleets into the next two decades. Continue reading...

Chris Bowen says he has made it ‘crystal clear’ to BHP and other big polluters they must cut emissions onsite

Mining giant’s backsliding on climate commitments due to ‘weakness’ of policy, Kate Chaney says Adam Morton: Big Mining gets a $4bn tax break to use fossil fuel. It’s a strange way to tackle emissions Read more from the BHP files investigation here Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s climate change minister, Chris Bowen, says he has made it “crystal clear” that he expects industrial polluters including BHP to reduce their onsite emissions after leaked documents revealed that the world’s biggest miner has backtracked on climate action. An exclusive investigation based on documents leaked to by the Guardian and the ABC show BHP has scrapped a project to significantly reduce global emissions, delayed vast renewables projects in the Pilbara and war-gamed options to push the electrification of its polluting diesel truck and train fleets into the next two decades. Continue reading...

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