Buckingham Palace has confirmed that President Donald Trump will enjoy an unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom. News of the visit was widely expected, as the President was publicly gifted a personal invite in February, when U.K. Prime…
ABC News has been recognised for outstanding contributions to Victorian journalism at the annual Melbourne Press Club awards. The newsroom came away with seven gongs at the 30th Quill Awards For Journalistic Excellence. The top honour of the evening, the…
President Donald Trump is attempting to rewrite the Constitution without amending it, one executive order at a time. One of his biggest targets: the birthright citizenship that has defined American identity for over 150 years. On Thursday, a federal judge…
ABC chair Kim Williams has denied interfering in editorial decision-making after the organisation’s Media Watch program reported he pushed for teams to offer airtime to an Australian comedian. The Media Watch report said Mr Williams intervened on at least five…
When English soccer team Chelsea lifted the FIFA Club World Cup trophy on Sunday in New Jersey, its star who scored twice in the 3-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain and was named player of the tournament was blocked from view.…
Antony Green joined the ABC in 1989, after spotting a newspaper ad for a six-month researcher job. He had spent years working as a computer programmer, database designer and analyst and knew how to talk to engineers — and the…
Have you ever sat through a dull or inappropriate toast at a celebration, desperately wishing for it to end? You’re not alone. Bad toasts have a way of dragging down events, resulting in awkward silences, eye-rolling, and seat shifting. The…
It’s not often someone interrupts a prime minister, but that’s what happened to John Howard on election night 1998. When Howard began to greet a friend, his response was: “Antony Green is about to say something.” So, both men stopped…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall, allowing 10…
The ABC’s 7.30 Political Editor Laura Tingle is leaving the current affairs program after six years to take up a new position as Global Affairs Editor, the broadcaster has announced. Tingle, a Walkley-Award-winning journalist, will take up the post mid-year,…