Backlash against Senate inquiry into ABC, SBS complaints handling processes

Ita Buttrose with Prime Minister Scott Morrison in 2019.

ABC chair Ita Buttrose says the broadcaster's relationship with the federal government is strained. (AAP) Source: AAP

A-B-C chair Ita Buttrose [[eye-tuh but-tross, like gross]] has accused the federal government of "political interference" over the establishment of Senate inquiry into how Australia's public broadcasters handle complaints.


Senate communications committee chairman Andrew Bragg announced an investigation last weekend into what he said were public concerns about the current A-B-C and S-B-S complaint systems.
The announcement comes just weeks after the A-B-C Board began an independent review into its complaints system.
The review was conducted by former Commonwealth Ombudsman John McMillan and former Director of S-B-S News and Current Affairs Jim Carroll, and will report back to the Board in March next year.
It seems that the government is doing this for its political interests, because the public broadcaster exposes several reports that show the government's weaknesses, according to some political and academic parties.



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