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 The US military says it has grounded its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet following a fire on board one of the multi-million-dollar jets.

The descendant of the Fairfax founder, who is also donating $1m to the Walkleys, had some thoughts about how things had changed since the sale of the business to Nine. Plus: Aunty’s new top lawyer Former Rural Press owner, John B Fairfax, with the Young Journalist of the Year, Mridula Amin. Photograph: Adam Hollingworth Former Rural Press owner, John B Fairfax, with the Young Journalist of the Year, Mridula Amin. Photograph: Adam Hollingworth Thu 17 Jun 2021 22.35 EDT Last modified on Fri 18 Jun 2021 01.56 EDT When you’re handing out $1 million you can say what you like, was the rip...

Date Time ABC’s Mridula Amin is Young Australian Journalist of Year Mridula Amin is a reporter and photojournalist with ABC News. She has also worked with The New York Times, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, SBS and VICE. She graduated from Macquarie University in 2018 with a Bachelors of Media/Bachelors of Law and is an admitted lawyer of the Supreme Court. ABC reporter and photojournalist Mridula Amin has been named Young Australian Journalist of the Year at the Walkleys Mid-Year Celebration of Journalism. The award recognises outstanding achievement by a reporter aged 28 and...

18 April 2021 6:20pm The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia has responded to the scathing report published by the ABC making allegations against Archbishop Makarios and his lifestyle. The report, which is founded on anonymous sources who spoke to Background Briefing accuses Makarios and the Archdiocese of funnelling money from aged care facilities. In its response, the Archdiocese has expressed its grief and surprise that such a report was underway, using the dire predicament of many elderly homes during the pandemic. According to the Archdiocese’s response the focus put on St Basil’...

1 / of 2 Greek Orthodox Church took tens of millions in rent from aged care home at centre of deadliest COVID outbreak ThuThursday 15 updated 1 AprApril 2021 at 2:57am Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch 3 s An ABC investigation has found a group of taxpayer-funded aged care homes funnelled $31 million back into the coffers of one of Australia's largest churches. Share Print text only Cancel A group of taxpayer-funded aged care homes funnelled $31 million back into the coffers of one of Australia's largest churches, an ABC in...