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Kate Torney

Applications now open for Monash University’s inaugural Constructive Institute Asia Pacific Hub Fellowship

22 January 2026 Applications are now open for Monash University’s inaugural Constructive Institute Asia Pacific Hub Fellowship which will support senior news professionals across two in person blocks...

Tackling misinformation and bias in journalism: New role for Kate Torney

2 August 2024 Former ABC journalist Kate Torney has been appointed Director of the Constructive Institute Asia Pacific in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University. Torney – the ABC’s first female Director of News – has worked across radio and TV as a producer, bureau chief, executive producer and news editor. Based in Denmark, she will take up… Read More

Kate Torney receives an honorary doctorate

19 May 2024 Kate Torney, who was the ABC's first female news director, has received an honorary doctorate from RMIT for her contribution to arts, media and culture...

ABC announces new director of news

22 October 2015 Following the resignation of Kate Torney as the ABC’s director of news, Gaven Morris has been announced as her replacement.   Torney resigned last month to become...

Jim Middleton leaves the ABC

4 September 2014 ABC political correspondent Jim Middleton is leaving the national broadcaster after four decades. He has been the face of the ABC’s political coverage and one of...