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At a vulnerable time for the public broadcaster, Williams has made a promising start by saying management must take staff concerns seriously.
The experienced media executive will replace outgoing chair Ita Buttrose in March.
Buttrose’s tenure as chair was tainted by being a Morrison government ‘captain’s pick’, but she nonetheless defended the ABC against tat government’s predations.
Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has triggered another fight between the government and the ABC by initiating a senate enquiry into the ABC’s complaints process
Communications Minister Paul Fletcher has written to ABC chair Ita Buttrose demanding 15 questions
However, the problem of combining the managing director and editor-in-chief roles remains, and these must be separated to preserve editorial independence.
A Senate inquiry report has found that while the broadcaster’s board was aware of the deteriorating relationship between the chair and managing director, it did not make any further inquiries.
Deep Saini speaks with Michelle Grattan about the week in politics.
With a long history in the media and public life, Ita Buttrose’s appointment is a decision the government may have gotten right.
Cleo has been part of Australia’s media landscape for more than 40 years. We look back on the magazine that “wrote about sex as if we invented it” and its unique brand of pop culture commentary.
