Tim Callanan

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Tim Callanan |Natalie Whiting

ABC chair Kim Williams says he is expecting a review of the broadcaster's funding, if the Coalition wins the upcoming federal election. Mr Williams addressed the Melbourne Press Club a day after federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton warned he would scrutinise the ABC's budget if elected, as part of a bid to cut "wasteful government spending". Mr Dutton said a government led by him would "reward excellence" and "cut waste" at the national broadcaster.

Dec 31, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tim Callanan

George Howard was good at breaking out of jails, but not very good at staying out. Howard, a career thief who loved to use gelignite to blow the doors off safes, was involved in two of Victoria's most notorious prison breaks in the 1940s. He busted out of Beechworth and Pentridge in incidents that confounded prison authorities and sparked at least two major inquiries.

Dec 26, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tim Callanan

John Pesutto was on live TV on an ABC panel when he was told he'd most likely lost his seat at the 2018 Victorian state election. His response was surprising, but telling — there was no anger, nor rancour, no blame-shifting, just a dignified acceptance of his political fate. "You get a short time on the stage in politics," he said, before congratulating the man who defeated him, Labor's John Kennedy, and describing him as "a very decent man".

Oct 17, 2024 | abc.net.au | Kristian Silva |Tim Callanan |Joseph Dunstan

Former pilot and convicted murderer Greg Lynn is being sentenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria this morning. In June, he was found guilty of murdering elderly camper Carol Clay in Victoria's alpine region, but not guilty of killing her companion Russell Hill. Lynn admits covering up the deaths and destroying the bodies, but insists he did not commit murder. The standard sentence for murder in Victoria is 25 years, but prosecutors have called on the judge to jail Lynn for life.

Jul 13, 2024 | abc.net.au | Tim Callanan

There were bones in the water. Human bones. A rib cage. A skull. A near complete skeleton, emerging from the sand in the shallow water. A truly startling and unexpected sight. By chance, a snorkeller found the remains on Christmas Day in 2017, at Shallow Inlet near Sandy Point, north of Victoria's Wilsons Promontory. But it was just a skeleton - no clothes, no shoes, no wallet, no keys, nothing to help investigators piece together who this person was and how they ended up there. A mystery.