Kat McGuffie, the manager of ABC Classic and Jazz, has announced her departure from the ABC later this month after over ten years, a press release from the organisation stated. Joining the ABC in 2013 as a Live Music Producer for ABC Classic in Adelaide, McGuffie later moved to Melbourne and advanced through various roles, including content director and executive producer, before becoming the manager in 2022. During her tenure, she spearheaded initiatives to attract new audiences to classical music, producing acclaimed projects like Clarke’s Classics, which won an ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release, and The Classic Road Trip, a journey through regional Australia co-hosted by Greta Bradman and Russell Torrance. McGuffie also developed popular specialist programs such as Duet, Passenger, Legends, Game Show, and Mindful Music. In 2022, she oversaw the successful Classic 100 campaign and collaborated with Gardening Australia for the Classic Choir initiative. Her work in 2023 include

The Australian Traffic Network (ATN) has appointed Heidi Sayers as its new NSW sales director, according to Mumbrella. In her new role, Sayers will report to Karen Holmes, the national sales director. Sayers brings over four-and-a-half years of experience from Nine, where she initially served as director of sales for Sydney’s Nine Radio before becoming group business director overseeing television, publishing, radio, and digital sales. Her focus at Nine included developing optimised teams and innovative sales strategies. “I’m excited to join ATN at such a dynamic time for the business,” Sayers said. “I look forward to building on ATN’s strong foundation, extending our client partnerships, and driving the business forward.” Karen Holmes praised Sayers’ expertise in media formats and sales team management noting that her experience will be instrumental in enhancing ATN’s direct and agency sales efforts as the company approaches a brand relaunch. Before her time at

Ray Hadley, a prominent figure in Australian radio, has announced his retirement from 2GB on Thursday, Mediaweek reported.  Hadley revealed that his final broadcast will be on December 13, citing a desire to spend more time with his wife Sophie, their four children, and seven grandchildren. He expressed gratitude for the support from his family and his colleagues at 2GB, emphasising the impact the station had on his success. Ray’s journey in broadcasting started unexpectedly when he impressed a 2UE news director while working as a cab driver. After joining 2UE in 1983, he spent nearly two decades there before moving to 2GB in 2001 to cover weekend rugby league.  By mid-2002, Hadley had transitioned to hosting the morning show, a position he held with great acclaim. Over the years, he became one of the nation’s most recognized voices, hosting a top-rated show on 2GB that is syndicated across over 30 stations nationwide. Luke Davis, 2GB Sydney’s content manager, and Nine R

Influencing has launched a Science community, as part of a formal partnership with the Science Journalists Association of Australia. The partnership will include a new Science Journalism award that will be folded into the 2025 IT Journalism Awards, as well as funding to support science journalists. A dedicated Science community has been launched on the Influencing portal, that will aim to provide an online space for connecting science journalists, communicators and experts. All Influencing journalists interested in the broader science beat are encouraged to join the community. "Influencing was founded for the technology journalism community, because we believe expert, specialist journalism is required to help society navigate the complex changes being thrust upon us by innovation." "So it's a natural extension to try and replicate what we've done with our technology vertical, in the science realm and that's why we were so motivated to form a partnership with the Science Journalis

In a historic verdict that could have far reaching consequences, a nine-judge Supreme Court bench Tuesday rescinded a 46-year-long socialist interpretation of Article 39(b) of Constitution to authoritatively rule that community resources cannot encompass every private property. By a seven-to-two majority judgment, authored by CJI D Y Chandrachud for himself and Justices Hrishikesh Roy, J B Pardiwala, Manoj Misra, Rajesh Bindal, S C Sharma and A G Masih, the apex court said it cannot subscribe to an expansion of the definition of community-owned material resources to bring in its ambit privately owned assets. Justice B V Nagarathna partially agreed with the CJI but Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia penned a dissent, adopting a socialist interpretation of Article 39(b). Discussing the meaning of ‘distribution’ of material resources of the community so as to subserve common good, as mandated by Article 39(b) in the Directive Principles of State Policy chapter of the Constitution, the bench