ABC Life is getting a rebrand as ABC Local, with up to half its staff set to lose their jobs

The ABC Life lifestyle portal will be renamed ABC Local and move towards a "broader editorial direction", with the team behind it set to halve.
 
Managing director David Anderson wrote in an email to ABC staff: "ABC Life will become ABC Local, with a broader editorial direction.

Mr Anderson said ABC Local would continue to publish stories across these issues online and make them accessible to a mobile-first audience.