ABC defence correspondent Andrew Greene quits after failure to disclose junket

Resignation comes after Media Watch revealed a German defence company bidding for an Australian contract paid for him to visit its shipyards

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A senior journalist at the ABC has tendered his resignation two months after the public broadcaster’s Media Watch program raised potential conflict-of-interest concerns over a press junket.

Andrew Greene has been defence correspondent for the past 10 years since joining the ABC in 2010.