Australia news live: Karl Stefanovic to leave Nine immediately, network confirms

Nine says in a statement it was ‘no longer possible’ for Stefanovic to host Today. Follow today’s news live

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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.

Nine has confirmed this morning that Today host Karl Stefanovic is leaving the network “immediately” as it was “no longer possible” for him to both host Today and run his independent podcast. More on this soon.