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ABC unsure how to deal with imminent funding cut
The acting head of the ABC says the national broadcaster still isn’t sure how it will deal with cuts kicking in from the middle of this year.
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The acting head of the ABC says the national broadcaster still isn’t sure how it will deal with cuts kicking in from the middle of this year.
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Supporters of the ABC are determined to help kick Scott Morrison’s government out of power at the upcoming federal election after it failed to restore funding cuts from the national broadcaster.
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Adelaide-based ABC board member Donny Walford has criticised the all-female panel who shortlisted three male candidates to chair the public broadcaster, saying the recruitment process was a reflection of gender inequity in the corporate world.
The ex-chair of the ABC told staff at radio station Triple J that activists who get ahead of public sentiment can be “burnt at the stake”, as they discussed moving their Hottest 100 countdown from Australia Day.
ABC board directors say they weren’t aware the broadcaster’s ex-managing director Michelle Guthrie was concerned about attempts at political interference until she handed them a dossier of allegations.
Directors and staff at the ABC are set to be grilled by senators about allegations of political interference at the public broadcaster.
Ita Buttrose is the new chair of the ABC, with the prime minister declaring the businesswoman, journalist and former magazine editor has the “strength, integrity and fierce independence” needed to do the job.
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