Calum Jaspan
Calum Jaspan is a media writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Melbourne. Reach him securely on Signal @calumjaspan.10
- Opinion
- On Background
Before the boat jaunt, ABC executive’s brag backfired
One of the national broadcaster’s top HR executives resigned after receiving questions about a team building day on a rich lister mate’s yacht on Sydney Harbour.
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- Workplace
Top ABC executive resigns after questions about luxury yacht team meeting
Josh Keech led the ABC’s contentious pay negotiations with staff, which included the first strike in decades, before resigning on Thursday.
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- Radio
Sydney community radio station 2SER could shutter in July as funds run out
The radio broadcaster could close its doors after more than 45 years, having failed to secure rescue funds after one of its two main financial backers walked away.
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- Media & marketing
‘Urgent meeting’: ABC peace deal over pay on brink of collapse
The staff union has called an “urgent meeting” on potential further industrial action after accusing the public broadcaster’s management on back-peddling on pay grade rises.
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- Electric vehicles
Our EV saved us money over Easter. But it required a stressful trade-off
We knew our EV would save us money at the bowser. What we didn’t account for was the added time and stress it would place on a relaxing getaway with friends.
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- Opinion
- On Background
We’re looking at Kyle and Jackie O fighting – investors are looking at their boss
ARN chairman Hamish McLennan, who presided over the pair’s $100 million contracts and their termination, is up for re-election next month.
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Jackie O demanded KIIS bosses stop ‘abusive relationship’ months before Sandilands’ blow-up
Court documents show Jackie “O” Henderson complained about Sandilands after an August broadcast where he berated her and said she was on “period time”.
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Fake missile strikes, White House memes and ‘useful idiots’: the AI war within the war
Former secretary of state John Kerry once said the US had learnt lessons of dignity and transparency from the failed Vietnam War. But the Trump administration and Iran are playing by different rules.
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Kyle and Jackie O’s boss breaks bread with the show’s mortal enemies
Just weeks before The Kyle and Jackie O Show imploded, ARN chief executive Michael Stephenson met the duo’s fiercest critics.
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A growing crisis coming to a screen near you
Anthony Albanese will be appearing on screens tonight for the first national address by a prime minister since the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.
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