Justin Trevor Milne, , (born 19 November 1952) is an

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business executive A business executive is a person responsible for running an organization, although the exact nature of the role varies depending on the organization. Executives run companies or government agencies. They create plans to help their organizations ...

and company director known for his roles as Chairman of the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...

, chief of broadband services at

Telstra Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets voice, mobile, internet access, pay television and other products and services. It is a member of the S&P/ASX 20 ...

, and CEO at

OzEmail OzEmail was a major Internet service provider (ISP) in Australia, until it was acquired by iiNet on 28 February 2005. History In the early 1980s, Sean Howard was the editor of the '' Australian Personal Computer'' magazine and subsequently f ...

, as well as serving on the boards of

Tabcorp Tabcorp is Australia's largest gambling company, employing more than 5,000 people. It is the largest provider of wagering and gaming products and services in Australia. Tabcorp is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). History In ...

, the National Basketball League, NetComm Wireless, ME Bank and MYOB Group. and NBN Co Milne was born in

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, South Australia and was educated at St Peter's College before gaining a Bachelor of Arts from Flinders University. After university, he worked in the film industry, joining the South Australian Film Corporation where he produced several short documentary films and worked as an assistant editor on films including

Peter Weir Peter Lindsay Weir ( ; born August 21, 1944) is a retired Australian film director. He's known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), ''Gallipoli'' (1981), ''Witness ...

's ''

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''. In the 1980s, Milne bought a film company in Sydney and moved there, where he became involved in the technology sector, and co-founding a car sales listing platform, Globe Media. He then moved on as a director at MSN, then later

, and then to

. Milne was appointed as Chairman of the ABC in 2017. After the sacking of ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie in September 2018, it was alleged that Milne had asked for journalist

Emma Alberici Emma Alberici (born 3 February 1970) is an Australian journalist and former foreign correspondent who was the chief economics correspondent for the ABC Television (Australian TV network), Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television network ...

to be sacked, leading to protests from ABC staff and calls for an inquiry. Further allegations have surfaced about Milne asking for Andrew Probyn's sacking in relation to Probyn's reporting of the Super Saturday by-elections. Milne has also resigned and has denied sending emails regarding Alberici or Probyn. Milne simultaneously held positions with ABC, NBN Co and NetComm Wireless (a supplier to NBN Co) leading to comment of conflict of interest and workload.

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Living people Flinders University alumni Fellows of the Australian Institute of Company Directors 20th-century Australian businesspeople 21st-century Australian businesspeople 1952 births {{Australia-business-bio-stub