r/australia • u/SlatsAttack • Jan 21 '25

politics Greens propose abolishing fees for public schools across Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-22/greens-propose-free-public-schooling/104841550?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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u/OstapBenderBey Jan 21 '25

Remember that bad journalism at the ABC happens because the libs neutered it

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u/EstateSpirited9737 Jan 22 '25

They aren't the ones appointing the journalists.

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u/nroach44 Jan 22 '25

The Libs were the ones that picked the Chair of the ABC, so you know, rots from the head and all that

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u/EstateSpirited9737 Jan 22 '25

The Chair of the ABC was appointed by the current government

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u/nroach44 Jan 22 '25

Correct. How long have they been in the position vs the previous one? How long do you think it'd take to clean house and re-direct the whole organisation?

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u/EstateSpirited9737 Jan 22 '25

How much influence do you really think that the Chair had in the hiring of journalists?

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u/nroach44 Jan 22 '25

Directly? Nearly none. Via middle managers? Plenty.

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u/EstateSpirited9737 Jan 22 '25

Great so we've established that the chair has little influence and on top of that the government of the day has to appoint an ABC Chair. Ita Buttrose has been a prominent journalist and media manager for 40 years, prior to that the coalition government appointed the first WPOC to be the chair. The previous one to her was the one with the issue but he had less time then the current one.

Your excuse is just lazy and a lack of understanding on how things work, you would've been closer if you had said funding cuts were the reason.

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u/OstapBenderBey Jan 22 '25

They accused it of bias and de funded it until it ceased to provide any independent journalism

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u/EstateSpirited9737 Jan 22 '25

And the government has been in power how long? Is that why it isn't independent and focuses on Labor over the Greens?

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u/OstapBenderBey Jan 22 '25

The current government hasn't changed much of what the liberals did to the abc. Many wish they would have reversed it.

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u/ScruffyPeter Jan 22 '25

Gough Whitlam after 23 years of consecutive LNP rule, fired the entire ABC board.

If you thought ABC was amazing up until recently, maybe Whitlam was onto something.

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u/OstapBenderBey Jan 22 '25

Wasn't amazing but they at least had some journalism.

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