The former Australian of the Year has made a decision about her future with the Government broadcaster.
Over the past week or so there has been some speculation in the media whether Ita Buttrose would seek to continue in her role of Chair of the ABC.
That question has been answered with the following press release from Communications Minister Michelle Rowland:
The Chair of the ABC, Ms Ita Buttrose AC OBE has advised the Government that she is not seeking reappointment following the completion of her current term in March 2024.
The Government acknowledges Ms Buttrose for her outstanding leadership of the national broadcaster since her appointment in March 2019.
Ms Buttrose brought renewed stability following a period of great organisational upheaval at the ABC. She has been a strong defender of the independence of the ABC, as well as a fierce advocate for the important role it plays in Australian society.
During Ms Buttrose’s term, the ABC has continued to be a trusted source of news, information and entertainment for all Australians, with adherence to strong governance in a rapidly changing media environment.
Under Ms Buttrose’s stewardship, the ABC has developed a new Five-Year Plan, championed greater inclusivity through efforts to introduce audio-description for blind and vision-impaired Australians, and furthered her career-long focus on boosting women’s representation in the media.
Ms Buttrose will remain the ABC Chair until her term expires on 6 March 2024.
The Government will begin a selection process to appoint the next Chair in due course.
The selection process will be conducted by the independent Nomination Panel for ABC and SBS appointments, supported by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, and an external executive search agency.
The Minister says:
“Ms Buttrose was the right Chair for the right time.
“Ms Buttrose is a formidable corporate leader who has served with distinction, speaking truth to power and upholding governance standards to protect independent public broadcasting.
“The Government respects Ms Buttrose’s decision and wishes her well for the remainder of her term and her future endeavours”.
Good Riddance . you were put there to Equal Everything Up but some where on the way you turned into a Puppet..
Is the ABC still floating ,?? Someone forgot to flush !!
Good.
So she hasn’t quit. She has advised the Minister that she will serve out her term, and then retire.
I was hoping she was already done.
Let’s talk about who should replace her as Chairman.
Quit is not the right word at all. She hasn’t tendered a resignation. She has elected not to extend her fixed term contract
Should never have sold off public assets such as Stage 26.
Ita was up against it from the start. Who would want to try & lead a bunch of far left loonies.
John Christie Yay for the fascists ultra right wing sky network.
About bloody time. Did sweet nothing to improve the ABC could not go any more left would fall off the edge.
Good riddance. Total fraud.
Thank goodness my only issue is that she was appointed by a conservative government what dickheads
PACKERS, OLD ( BED MATE,???????) For YEARS,???🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👍
Useless socialist
The ABC is one of the most trusted institutions in the country and rightfully so. Ita Buttrose did a good job during difficult times. At 81yo who would blame her if she retired.
Phil Barber
Or it’s the sheltered workshop for the perpetually offended that a large portion of the country would like to see defunded and dissolved.
Phil Barber
Or it’s the sheltered workshop for the perpetually offended that a large portion of the country would like to see defunded and dissolved.
Phil Barber
Or it’s the sheltered workshop for the perpetually offended that a large portion of the country would like to see defunded and dissolved.
John Dale Polls have been taken and it is actually established that the ABC is one of the most trusted institutions in the country. I don’t dispute that there is also a proportion of the population who would like it gone.
Phil Barber
Just shows you how much the sheep in Australia are totally brainwashed.
John Dale Well-informed is what we are. No sheep here.
Phil Barber Mr Barber, totally agree with you, thank you so much 😀
Phil Barber
Baa baa baa.
John Dale Now you’re really showing your maturity.
Phil Barber
What it shows is your propensity to follow the herd with your head in their arse without a critical thought about what you are seeing or where you are going.
All i can offer you is an appointment to get the next vaccine that will work this time.
I am sure the abc breakfast crew can instruct you to fit your mask properly and keep a safe distance from your fellow citizens while you drive down the freeway.
useless lefty,good riddence
No doubt the Baton will be passed on to another left wing one eyed idiot
Good riddence! Woke
Richard Reynolds Woke Woke Woke Wokedy Woke.
She is a sick joke.
It’ll be a short speech at her farewell dinner, listing her achievements at the ABC.
Thought being head of that leftist organisation would be right up her ally.
ITA walks like she’s crap her pants 👖
Peter Daly Mr Daly, you are very rude. Grow up.
Not her best performance not addressing the political favoritism that grew in her term.
Age is no excuse for avoiding necessary controls and focusing on impartial reporting.
Inept lefty shell
Sinking ship
Great she is useless
Yay, hiss off, you were queen bee leading a bunch of bull ant journos. Whole lot of abc a disgusting channel. Doubt they’ll change though regardless who takes over. Bavnt watched for years but always thought ita was overated.
LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF RIGHT WING LOONIES STILL AROUND. They are the Criminals like the ones in the LNP.
Baden Briggs Yep the looney who wrote this comment.
Susan West Looks like you all right. A real loony.
Susan West Looks like you all right. A real loony.
Susan West Looks like you all right. A real loony.
going back to her beloved LIBERALS. LOL
Good news
Good riddance! What a sick joke she was!
She won’t be missed
81 years old , up there with Biden 😳
You can run but you can’t hide. Your day of reckoning is looming and its not far away.
WHO CARES??
What a complete failure she was .
ABC and all its stations have never been more irrelevant. Thanks and bye It’s 🤔🙄
She was a disaster
Make the bias clowns PPV…BANKRUPT IN A COUPLE WEEKS…!!
Bye bye
Bye bye
Bye bye
Another ABC failure.
Another ABC failure.
Another ABC failure.
I woul like to think her replacement will be more centered, but my expectations of that are low.
I woul like to think her replacement will be more centered, but my expectations of that are low.
I woul like to think her replacement will be more centered, but my expectations of that are low.
Good riddance might become a bit less biased after she goes 😉
Good riddance might become a bit less biased after she goes 😉
Good riddance might become a bit less biased after she goes 😉
Thought she was going to clean it up that went well good riddance
Thought she was going to clean it up that went well good riddance
Thought she was going to clean it up that went well good riddance
Good, piss off.
Good, piss off.
Good, piss off.
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They will just fill the chair with another waste of space Leftard?
Good riddance
Never forgive and never forget..
Has done nothing except pick up her pay.
Good
Very good
actually
Off to Christmas Island for a holiday?
Shut down Their ABC.
Malcolm Bourne Murdoch would love that with the only media you can trust gone would give the LNP/Murdoch media total access to Spead their fake news.
Gary Suter oh no, not the Ruppie bogeyman!! Nah, we’re just all tired of the communist mouthpiece that is Their ABC. Shut it down.
Thank GOD for that !
Kerry’s girl
Peter Moylan yep and he’s not here to “save”her.
I think that’s the politically correct expression nowadays.
Revolting woke person !!!
Nasty failure of the Australian public ……
Buttrose? now there’s a contradiction
Pete A. Pot Mr Pot, you’re very rude . Grow up.
Makes you wonder why she jumped ship…🤔
More bloody click bait. As much as I dislike the ABC, The woman is 81 years old and has said she will not seek to extend her contract, that is not resigning
Big deal. The ABC will still be the same old media. Bias Bias Bias.
Might i say might ! get some sense now….
Wayne Howyarth One less right wing on the board.
Gary Suter fu#kin. Right. Wing more like left.
Thank Christ for that. Maybe we might get some impartiality back.
What a disappointment she has been.
The ABC was already floundering before her tenure. It’s nothing more than taxpayer funded socialist propaganda outlet.
Nothing balanced or diverse about their views or their lineup of presenters.
Darren Hill Scott Morrisons choice is a failure.
Abc seems happy to be pushing the propaganda for the US proxy war.
Anthony Collett
Yes I am aware who appointed her
What a mistake.
Hip hip hooray off she goes.
The globalists will appoint another puppet!
I’m sure she’ll be OK.
The whole thing should be Shut Down .
She was a great trojan horse for the government.
Woke up to herself!!! Know close the ABC down.
I’ll guess someone will notice the difference.
bonus for years of service–couple million..$$$$– pathetic..!!
How can anyone respect this thing when we have been subjected to such bias reporting of the ABC
The whole board needs to go as does all the senior management.
Clean sweep for the lot and start again.
Even better just get rid of the ABC, sell it and make them
compete for their dollars.
John Wolfe. The whole board, except Laura Tingle, was appointed by the Coalition. The alleged bias is a myth held by brainwashed Murdoch minions.
Alice Helmers nope Alice, the boice has proved how bias the ABC is.
Jeremy Stevenson. I haven’t seen any bias. The coverage is far more balanced than Sky. It’s like Sky is the propaganda arm of the Opposition.
Alice Helmers what dream world are you drawing breath from…certainly not the real world
Andrew Cobon-Kerr. Tell me what, explicit, evidence do you have of the ABC’s Voice bias.
Alice Helmers … that’s easy. Q&A stacked with Yes campaigners at the expense of a balanced argument. Ask me a difficult question next time Alice if you are capable.
Andrew Cobon-Kerr. I see you don’t watch the ABC but take Sky’s interpretation of what the ABC presents.
Correct … stopped watching the Communist station quite some time back, when it’s bias was obvious. Continues today with the support for the Voice even though it is a lost cause
She hasn’t quit. She is just not extending past March 2024. Big difference. She has been a total disappointment.
Just a failure to the Australian public.
And that’s a good thing. I thought she would be great but she’s a dyed in the wool leftist.
She pretended to be a conservative while it got her invited to the opening of an envelope. As soon as she entered the ABC the real woke cam out and how. She was always about her even when she wrote for the Women’s Weekley. Glad to see the end of her.
Won’t be missed, she was a disappointment.
Useless
Hope so,she has been a waste of time in the abc
See you later 👋 I can’t wait to see you getting locked away for selling fake propaganda to make more money . Don’t come back now
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa best news ever
Now, make it subscription only; don’t use taxpayers’ money!!
Yeth thaths right I am finithing up thoon.
Sandy Buchanan Mr/Ms Buchanan, you are very rude. Grow up.
She didn’t quit…she is seeing her contract out…no chance of being renewed by Labor….and no big payout for cancelling contract….
Mark Wells The ABC board currently are all Liberal appointed it would be natural for Labor to replace those whose contracts expire with less biased Board members. Must have been hard for the ABC reporters to resist the pressure to suppress all the goings on with the last government the most corrupt government we have had since Howard.
Useless as a bull with tits.
About bloody time
Good
Who cares… ABC are irrelevant!!!😄
Good fucking rittens
Yes Yes Yes…….
Will there be a change to how they tell the truth, or will the fuddy duddies with no back bone continue to dictate how our money is spent.
Who cares.
Should have been sacked long ago !
Funny how Ita quits!
She has done nothing to better the ABC she made it worse!
She knows sh is not water at the ABC so decided to go first!
Thank God for that .
When Ita got the No one job at the ABC, I said good , she will turn the abc upside down and get rid of all the rubbish, what happened, it got worse, the ABC is a total waste of money, don,t watch or listen to any more, very disappointed with Ita, should be ashamed of herself, good ridence, me thinks.
Good, useless as tits on a boar pig
Good,they should put in someone unbiased to the left. we are all paying for ABC.
All she had to do was front press conferences & deny that the ALPBC was biased.
Even that was too much for her.
Barry McKernan ????
Good
Good riddance
Good
Good not done anything
Arivaderchi !
Defund the abc.
Defund the abc.
Tom Moran privatise it and see how long it lasts in the real world
Excellent. Put a man in charge that isn’t woke. Give us our ABC back. Bring back honesty and integrity. Time for the divisive emotionalists to be kicked to the kirb. We need truth tellers back in charge.
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out
We had such high hopes for her as a level headed leader of our national broadcaster, but she has been a total failure. In fact, a disgrace.
Thank the Lord for that!!!!!
No Kerry Packer there to save her skin. 🙄 or whatever it’s called nowadays.
White won’t wash. She has to go leave it to the gay aboriginal people to run
Good
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About time.
Thank goodness. I wonder what useless flog is going to replace her?
Don’t hold your breath!!!
She was useless.
What did she do exactly anyone know just asking
Col Oakley I have a personal view that she femanised and indiginised the ABC. Whether that is a good or a bad thing remains to be seen ????
Article says: “Ms Buttrose brought renewed stability following a period of great organisational upheaval at the ABC. She has been a strong defender of the independence of the ABC, as well as a fierce advocate for the important role it plays in Australian society.
During Ms Buttrose’s term, the ABC has continued to be a trusted source of news, information and entertainment for all Australians, with adherence to strong governance in a rapidly changing media environment.”
Ratings drop says otherwise. No longer trusted source of news. Obvious bias more like it 😡
Good
Good!!! let’s put another useless lefty looney back in 🤣
Did a horrible job the ABC become even more biased and corrupt
Will be interesting to see if they improve or will they continue to use racist biased reporting
Another left wing stooge coming.
She might as well. Very disappointing
Quits or is pushed ???? What ever its a bonus for the Australian taxpayers probably for a very short time till they find another LEFTIE to follow in her foot steps
Finally
finally
Defund the Albanese Broacasting Corporation.
I would prefer defund the totally marxist and deceitful echo chamber.
Does anyone with over half a brain cell watch it anymore
One of the worst leftie leader in the lefties media organisations in Australia.
Another grub gone.
No wonder no one watches them , just sick of them using me taxes
See ya. Did fuck all for anyone. 😡😡😡
No great loss. She was supposed to sort it out all their partisanship. She did nothing except increase their budget
Should never have been appointed in the first place.
ABC what’s that?
Charmaine Humphries Albanese’s Broadcasting Club.
Don’t let the door hit in the arse when you leave
Bye cunt
About 10 years too late, and absolute bloody oxygen thief. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Wst a useless legasee that was
Granny should retire.
David Probyn. OK grandpa. FFS. Don’t be an ageist p***k. She’s done a woeful job. Just stick to the facts.
Jennette Davies pull your head out of Murdoch’s ar… It is making you blind, as to what is going on. Buttnose is a Murdoch stooge. Sky News is where you get your information
Media: https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia2.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2Fl3fQf1OEAq0iri9RC%2Fgiphy.gif%3Fcid%3D120c0147d7igwomrxcfuyxwuaurduoukkm2nhilg4ynufdwm%26rid%3Dgiphy.gif&h=AT3Kzla5kZeUPTqRqjGjqowDBDV_eFjJheTkKHkeYIMKAwXX91Yv9DLjxrLybdQUL3af3HCxf4kophGStBCtFUDO5wnVbm4ZZ5I93SUQ9iEKu_8cqmaBqjCpJjYhobC1&s=1
Good, but, more than likely her replacement will come from the LBGQTISDG brigade😪
About bloody time……Hope she takes that other useless prick with her.
She was useless anyway.
Didn’t do much except paid a lot of taxpayer money. ABC still losing ratings so it’s a good indication of how well it has functioned under her shift. Good bye and stay away from publicly funded organisations. Hate seeing hard earned money wasted on pointless organisations and their management.
Good
Good riddence and bye bye Ita, long long overdue!
Need a real Aussie in charge of the place. Tony Abbot would be great.
Russell Brauer The Australians Broadcasting Communism would never, ever have a conservative, they have been pumping marixst garbage for way too long to change now, that IS their narrative, socialism, marxism, communism! That is all they know.
And that is half the reason why so many stupid Australians vote the way they do, brainwashed morons. Lefties sugar coat EVERYTHING, and sell it very well as “A good thing” ….. But they never … ever tell you the other side! Ever .. why? Because you wouldn’t buy it if you knew the truth.
Can we get someone normal please
About time
Good now close it down
Get rid of the ABC altogether
No loss
Thank God
Good riddance
Jumped from the sinking ship
Best news for a while coming out of the Australians Broadcasting Communism. Gee, is she going with denial andrews to live in China?
Good riddance
Clear out the ABC completely and start over with a truly independent new service, void of politics!!! (as it should be)
Good riddance
GOOD.
Chair of what? She did absolutely f,,,k all during her tenure. The next chair will probably be another Labor flunky so nothing will change.
Ding dong!
Yeah wooo hooo
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Butt grows gone useless as
What a rort
Karma
It is unbelievable how bias the ABC is..would make alot more sense to defund the ABC…it is a political movement not a news service..!!
Vote NO
Just another putrid woke grub
Thank God for that
Unfortunately she’s been asleep at the wheel. The once proud broadcaster is now under her watch just a woke far left propaganda machine. Good riddance.
Steve Mason yes Steve, she has now been left with a legady of failure.
WOW…..Well that Triggered all the MAGA Trumpists one could say. 💥
Michael Moran this is about Australia clown lips
This was a very good example of Australian unfairness and stupid maidship towards others who I.B. got this job.
thank goodness. lost cause she is.
Great but who cares never what it anyway
Should never been there . Morrison’s call . Stupid.
Inclusive , now that’s a joke .
ABC the left biased public funded waste .
Good fuvk off left communist
On your bike 🤣🤪 don’t let the door hit you in your useless arse on the way out 🤮🤬
No great lost
It would appear that this site is also censored, i am unable to like some of the comments.. no surprises there..
Alan Cahill no. You can like comments if you want.
TV Blackbox oh ok, wasnt able to for a while.??
About time
Good she was a terrible disappointment I hoped she would bring balance but it gets more bias every year
About time, geriatric!!!
Stephen Richardson. Play the ball, not the person. Don’t be an ageist p***k.
Seeya
The whole lot of them need to go
So she should, I don’t see any improvement what did she do for all that money she made 🤔
Thank god, what a dreadful job she did🤬
The whole of the abc needs to go
Be careful. Albo may give Burney, Pearson or Mayo the job!!!
The whole thing needs to be cancelled waste of taxpayers money let the labor party fund it’s there propaganda machine
about time she has fucked ABC …
She was HOPELESS.
What a dud she turned out to be.
She can’t quit her Nuremberg trials 😉
Back to a fulltime job with the Murdochracy I guess!
Oh my God! Did she take 35s joke seriously?
No loss
Dud
She didn’t last long.
Good, one Lefty gone, now for the rest of the rotten bunch…😡💩
Even she can’t put up with the ABC lies
Hip ! Hip Hooray!❤ Not before time