The Age editor Mark Forbes suspended over harassment claim

Tim Burrowes

December 3, 2016 9:42

10:45am UPDATE: The Age editor Mark Forbes resigns amid harassment claims

The editor of one of Australia’s oldest and most respected newspapers has been suspended over what is reported to be an allegation of sexual harassment of a junior colleague.

Mark Forbes, who became editor-in-chief of Melbourne newspaper The Age in April, has been stood down, a spokesman for publisher Fairfax Media confirmed to Mumbrella.

Forbes: Less than a year into his editor-in-chief role | Pic: Supplied by Fairfax Media

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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.