Breaking: Four Corners reporter Mahmood Fazal is no longer working at the ABC
Mahmood Fazal is no longer employed by the ABC as confirmed by a spokesperson. His departure follows an internal investigation related to an unauthorized podcast appearance with a former underworld figure. The details surrounding the investigation have not been fully disclosed.
- ▪Mahmood Fazal was a reporter for Four Corners.
- ▪He was the subject of an internal investigation at the ABC.
- ▪The investigation was linked to an unauthorized podcast appearance.
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| Original publisher | ABC News (Australia) |
| Canonical URL | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/mahmood-fazal-4-corners-leaves-abc/106730996 |
| Publication time | Wed, 27 May 2026 23:28:21 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-27T23:33:06.334Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-27T23:33:06.334Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
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| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Four Corners reporter Mahmood Fazal is no longer working at the ABCTopic:JournalismThu 28 May 2026 at 9:28amThu 28 May 2026 at 9:28amThu 28 May 2026 at 9:28amabc.net.au/news/mahmood-fazal-4-corners-leaves-abc/106730996Link copiedShareShare articleFour Corners reporter Mahmood Fazal is no longer employed by the ABC, a spokesperson has confirmed.Fazal was the subject of an internal investigation into an unauthorised podcast appearance with a former underworld figure last year.LoadingPosted Thu 28 May 2026 at 9:28amThu 28 May 2026 at 9:28amThu 28 May 2026 at 9:28amShare optionsCopy linkFacebookX (formerly Twitter)PromotionTop StoriesBatteries are the key to unlocking an energy revolution, and one state is racing aheadTopic:Batteries'We need to talk about sex': Young people call for sex ed to…
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