Walkley Awards judging chair quits after alleged disparaging remark about ABC colleague

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Ben Butler allegedly made the comment while he was working in the corporation’s Melbourne newsroom The chair of the Walkleys judging board, former ABC journalist Ben Butler, has resigned after it was alleged he said a colleague at the ABC should be “killed and buried in a shallow grave”. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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