Caroline Jones to leave the ABC after half a century

Tim Burrowes

December 9, 2016 1:30

One of the ABC’s longest serving on-air faces is to depart the organisation after more than 50 years.

The departure of Caroline Jones, presenter of the ABC’s Australian Story, was announced by the organisation this afternoon. The move comes after a series of tumultuous changes in recent months including the end of The Drum opinion website, a radical reshuffle of the Radio National line-up and the axing of the team behind science show Catalyst.

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Jones contributed to and presented Australian Story – which tells the stories of ordinary Australians in their own words – since its launch in May 1996. In June she celebrated the program’s 20 year anniversary.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.