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The February 28 edition

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Kim Williams, now 73, was 30 when he first applied for the ABC’s managing director role. He was told, “Later, come back later.“Nic Walker

‘I’m a lots-of-feelings person’: Inside the world of ABC chair Kim Williams

“Interventionist and elitist”, or “shy” and “sensitive”? ABC chair Kim Williams attracts strong opinions – and holds plenty of his own.

  • Jacqueline Maley
ABC Radio National index

ABC’s Radio National report card: Have the big changes worked?

New shows, new hosts, a new name of sorts and a new tagline are just some of the changes the ABC’s new guard has made to its flagship radio station in the past two years.

  • Calum Jaspan
ABC Chair Kim Williams during an interview with AFR media and marketing reporter Sam Buckingham Jones at the ABC Headquarters in Ultimo, Sydney on June 10, 2024. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Frequent flyer Kim Williams racks up $50,000 travel budget

The ABC chair has been vocal and active since landing the top job last year. And that means plenty of taxpayer-funded travel.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman, Stephen Brook and Gemma Grant
Comedian Austen Tayshus (left) and ABC chair Kim Williams.

‘Not my friend’: Kim Williams lashes Austen Tayshus amid fresh scandal

Two months after Media Watch exposed the comedian’s use of Williams’ name to pressure ABC staff to give him air time, more correspondence has been revealed.

  • Calum Jaspan
Antoinette Lattouf addresses the media after her win in the Federal Court of Australia on Wednesday.

Antoinette Lattouf has won $70,000, but her case has cost the ABC so much more

Wednesday’s judgment brings an ugly chapter to a close. But for the ABC, the real work is just beginning.

  • Karl Quinn
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ABC chair Kim Williams and ABC managing director Hugh Marks.

Media Watch’s Kim Williams take-down hands a win to ABC boss

The controversy with comedian Austen Tayshus has allowed the public broadcaster’s managing director Hugh Marks to step out of the shadows and make his presence felt.

  • Calum Jaspan

I thought Kim Williams was the wrong pick to lead the ABC. Now I’m sure

The ABC’s chair has intervened to get airtime for a small-time comic. Is this what Kim Williams is doing with his time?

  • Jenna Price
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ABC staff label Kim Williams ‘arrogant’ over comedian imbroglio

ABC’s Media Watch has taken the public broadcaster’s chairman, Kim Williams, to task for allegedly labelling some regional staff “arrogant” and pressuring them to give a comedian airtime.

  • Calum Jaspan
Kim Williams enjoying himself at the Melbourne Press Club.

Why Kanye West and Elon Musk slid into the ABC chair’s DMs

Outspoken ABC Chair Kim Williams has attracted critics from far and wide.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook