Mitch Fifield knew ABC was going to sack Michelle Guthrie two weeks beforehand

Communications minister’s disclosure comes as inquiry finds ‘no request or suggestion’ from government to sack ABC staff

Mitch Fifield has revealed he knew the former ABC chairman Justin Milne planned to sack the former managing director Michelle Guthrie two weeks before she was sensationally dumped from the role.

The communications minister made the disclosure on Monday as a departmental inquiry into editorial interference by the ABC board was released, which found there was “no request or suggestion” from the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull or government ministers to sack any ABC journalists or staff.

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