Labor and the Greens are pushing for a senate inquiry into the independence of the ABC, believing a review carried out by the communications department was not up to scratch.
The two parties each plan to move a motion in the Senate on Tuesday to have an inquiry established.
The push comes after the release of the findings of an inquiry carried out by the communications department on Monday.
It probed the events leading up to ex-ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie being fired and former chairman Justin Milne resigning.
The review found neither former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull or any other minister requested ABC journalists be sacked in the lead up to the national broadcaster's recent leadership woes.
But it said the ABC's former top brass were in no doubt that senior government members were "very concerned" about editorial standards at the broadcaster.
They also believed that may affect the ABC's standing and funding.
The inquiry, ordered by Communications Minister Mitch Fifield, involved interviews with Mr Milne, Ms Guthrie and acting managing director David Anderson.
Ms Guthrie was shown the door on September 24, with the ABC board saying her ongoing leadership was not in the broadcaster's best interests.
Mr Milne was forced to quit three days later, after it was revealed Ms Guthrie had told the ABC board he had requested she sack two journalists, because the coalition government didn't like their reporting.
In releasing the inquiry findings, Senator Fifield said he was unaware of the allegations against Mr Milne until they became public.
He stressed no government minister has interfered at the ABC, a sentiment backed up by the report.
But Labor senator Deborah O'Neill said the saga represented a historic moment in terms of the level of the government's assault on the public broadcaster.
"The sort of intimidation going on for journalists in this country is absolutely extraordinary," Senator O'Neill said.
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said a departmental review of the ABC was an "absolute joke".
