Ita Buttrose must be considered by the independent nomination panel before cabinet names the next ABC chair, the Greens say.
\n\u201cIf the Morrison Government wants to nominate Ms Buttrose, it must go through the proper channels,\u201d Greens media spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.
\n\u201cFive months have passed since the Government was caught in a web of political interference at the ABC. They still have not learned their lesson.
\n\u201cIta Buttrose is clearly a strong candidate for the position, however the current mess at the ABC is a result of exploiting board appointments. This cannot be allowed to continue, no matter how strong the contender.
\n\u201cPolitical interference has plagued the ABC and there can be no doubt placed on future board appointments, or indeed the chair.
\n\u201cThe independent panel exists for a reason, and must not be disregarded or side stepped yet again by this Government.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ita Buttrose must be considered by the independent nomination panel before cabinet names the next ABC chair, the Greens say. \u201cIf the Morrison Government wants to nominate Ms Buttrose, it must go through the proper channels,\u201d Greens media spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said. \u201cFive months have passed since the Government was caught in a web … Continue reading “Greens say an Independent process must be followed in ABC appointments”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}