ABC boss folds after staff get cross at him.
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
ABC managing director David Anderson has succumbed to pressure and will meet disgruntled staff over their grievances on the taxpayer-funded broadcaster’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and the sacking of fill-in radio host Antoinette Lattouf.
The ABC’s internal crisis grew on Monday after about 200 staff met via an online union meeting and passed a vote of no confidence in Mr Anderson.
Sources at the meeting told The Australian that the ABC’s global affairs editor, John Lyons, dominated the meeting, voicing annoyance at the handling of coverage of the Israel-Hamas war and even changes in directions to the use of the word “genocide” in stories that meant it should not be reported without challenge.
Lattouf’s sacking was also discussed at the union meeting.
The Australian can reveal that just three days before she signed with the ABC in November, Lattouf boasted on social media she could not be fired over her views relating to the Israel-Gaza war.
