Tag: Ita Buttrose

ABC Complaints Inquiry: The Taxpayer Funded Organisation Is Not Beyond Public Scrutiny

Commentary On Sunday, ABC Chair Ita Buttrose released a blistering statement in response to New South Wales, Senator Andrew Bragg, setting up a senate inquiry to review the ABC complaints process. The complaints process for the ABC has been scandal ridden, with months of intense criticism, including over the handling of editorial failings of the…


Taxpayer Funded ABC Not Beyond Public Scrutiny

Commentary On Sunday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) Chair Ita Buttrose released a blistering statement in response to New South Wales Senator Andrew Bragg, setting up a senate inquiry to review the ABC complaints process. The complaints process for the ABC has been scandal ridden, with months of intense criticism, including over the handling of…


‘Not Above Scrutiny’: Australian PM Backs Senate Inquiry Into ABC’s Complaints Handling

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended a Senate inquiry into the complaints handling processes of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), after allegations against the government of “political interference.” Morrison said the ABC is a government agency funded by taxpayers and is not “above … scrutiny.” He rejected ABC Chair Ita Buttrose’s earlier allegation that…