ABC’s head of current affairs Bruce Belsham to depart

Bruce Belsham, the national broadcaster’s head of current affairs, will leave at the end of June to “pursue other projects”.

Belsham was promoted to the position in April 2012 to head up the ABC’s current affairs programs and content across television, radio and digital, including Four Corners, 7.30, Australian Story, Foreign Correspondent, Lateline and Offsiders.

The move comes after a career at the broadcaster spanning more than three decades which included a Gold Walkley Award-winning investigation with Chris Masters in 1985 into the role the French secret service played in sinking the Rainbow Warrior, and a seven-year stint as executive producer of Four Corners.