As ABC chair, Ita Buttrose stood up for the broadcaster's independence. It's time others did the same

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Ita Buttrose has announced she will not seek a second term as ABC chair, which means her term will expire in March 2024.

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  • Ita Buttrose has announced she will not seek a second term as ABC chair, which means her term will expire in March 2024.
  • Four of the seven non-executive directors already there had been appointed outside the merit system by Mitch Fifield as minister for communication.
  • Buttrose herself put ABC independence at the centre of her commitments.
  • I will fight any attempts to muzzle the national broadcaster or interfere with its obligations to the Australian public.
  • He sued the ABC for defamation but the ABC defended it vigorously and he discontinued the action.
  • There have been many analyses of how nine years of Coalition government attacks demoralised the ABC.
  • But with Buttrose’s departure now on the horizon, it is time for others at the top to stand up.
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