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Communications minister writes to tech giants about ‘content promoting violence, extremism and disinformation in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine’

Communications Minister Paul Fletcher has welcomed a decision by SBS to suspend the broadcast of two Russian state media outlets.

ABC Chair Ita Buttrose is “delighted” and Managing Director David Anderson says he now has “certainty” for planning. However, the Morrison government’s pre-election announcement it would restore the ABC’s budget to 2018 levels doesn’t come close to making up for what has been lost in cuts to funding and staff.

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Public broadcaster to receive $3.3bn over next three years, while SBS also gets funding boost

The federal government ends a contentious decision to freeze millions of dollars of ABC funding as it pours billions of dollars into the national broadcaster over the next three years.

Hannah Sindrey, 24, was banged up on Friday for killing Paul Fletcher, 31, on New Year's Day last year.

Hannah Sindrey murdered 31-year-old Paul Fletcher at her Essex flat while six children were inside the property

Hannah Sindrey, 24, shouted "f*** him, that's what I think" after she was convicted of murdering her boyfriend Paul Fletcher, 31, in a New Year’s bloodbath last January