Former ABC chairman Maurice Newman lashes government decision to ignore the recommendations of an independent panel in selecting the next leader of the public broadcaster
in the 1980s. She has recently appeared as a co-host on Nine’sShe has also been a director of News Limited and Australian Consolidated Press and was the president of the Chief Executive Women organisation.The arms-length nomination panel process was introduced by Labor in 2010 in a bid to de-politicise appointments at the ABC and SBS. The government is under no legal obligation to pick from the list provided by the panel.
The need for a new chair follows the high-profile departure of Justin Milne and managing director Michelle Guthrie late last year. Mr Morrison has confirmed Ms Buttrose was not recommended by the panel and that there were no women on the shortlist. Mr Morrison told ABC radio that the government would comply with the legislation but said Labor was "over-assuming on what that entitles them to".
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