Glenys Stradijot: ABC Board stacking to begin again

“The appointment of Janet Albrechtsen and Neil Brown to the panel that recommends appointments to the ABC Board is alarming,” said Glenys Stradijot, ABC Friends national spokesperson.

“It appears we are in for a return to the bad old days when the Howard Government stacked the ABC’s governing board with its political supporters.

“Ms Albrechtsen is widely perceived as a right-wing political warrior. It is disturbing that someone so clearly partisan and a strident opponent of the ABC should be appointed to such a position.

“Mr Brown is a former politician who has held senior positions in the Liberal Party. ABC Friends also knows him to be a strong critic of the ABC.

“ABC Friends worked long and hard for the introduction of a system which would depoliticise appointments to the ABC Board, one in which board members would be appointed on merit.

“The appointment of Ms Albrechtsen and Mr Brown undermines the integrity of the ABC Board appointment process.

“Their appointment is a declaration of war on the ABC’s independence,” said Glenys Stradijot.
Glenys Stradijot, ABC Friends national spokesperson.