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    I was asked for achievements and put them up.The question on the abc is because it probably sees no merit in going over old ground .Everytime the opposition is questioned it seems a cry comes up that something is bias.The abc would be better judged on its board.Perhaps you can look for the bias there.
    The ABC Board is responsible for the ABC's operations. Up to seven Directors are appointed by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Government. The Managing Director is appointed by the Board.

    The ABC Act requires that Directors must be experienced in broadcasting, communications or management, or have expertise in financial or technical matters, or have cultural or other interests relevant to the provision of broadcasting services.

    The duty of the Board is to ensure that the functions of the Corporation are performed efficiently with maximum benefit to the people of Australia and to maintain the independence and integrity of the Corporation. The Board is also responsible for ensuring that the gathering and presentation of news and information is accurate and impartial, according to recognised standards of journalism, and that the ABC complies with legislative and legal requirements.

    ??Mr Maurice Newman ACMaurice Lionel Newman AC (born 20 April 1938, Ilford, England)[1] is the current Chairperson of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation,[2] as well as former chair of the board of the Australian Stock Exchange.[1][2] He was Chancellor of Macquarie University until 2008.[2]

    He is a close personal friend of past Australian Prime Minister John Howard


    ??Mr Steven Skala AOSteven Michael Skala AO is the Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank for Australia and New Zealand, and a member of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's board of directors since 6 October 2006. He is also a director of the Australian Ballet and the neo-liberal/conservative think tank, the Centre for Independent Studies. He is the deputy chairman of the Walter and Eliza Hall institute of medical research. He is a director of Wilson stockbrokers, the Nasdeq listed reinsurance company Maxre, Hexima Ltd. and chairman of Film Australia. He was formerly head of The Centre for contemporary arts in Melbourne. He was for 20 years a partner at the Melbourne law firm of Arnold Bloch Leibler where he headed its banking financing and takeover sections.

    On 26 January 2010 Skala was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the visual and performing arts through roles supporting wider community access, to business and commerce, and to the community through the promotion of educational opportunities for young Australians


    ??Mr



    Peter Hurley is the President of the South Australian branch of the Australian Hotels Association and on the board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[1]


    ??Mr




    Keith Windschuttle (born 1942) is an Australian writer, historian, and ABC board member, who has authored several books from the 1970s onwards. These include Unemployment, (1979), which analysed the economic causes and social consequences of unemployment in Australia and advocated a socialist response; The Media: a New Analysis of the Press, Television, Radio and Advertising in Australia, (1984), on the political economy and content of the news and entertainment media; The Killing of History, (1994), a critique of postmodernism in history; The Fabrication of Aboriginal History: Volume One: Van Diemen's Land 1803-1847, (2002), which accuses a number of Australian historians of falsifying and inventing the degree of violence in the past; The White Australia Policy, (2004), a history of that policy which argues that academic historians have exaggerated the degree of racism in Australian history; and The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, Volume Three: The Stolen Generations 1881-2008, which argues the story of the "stolen generations" of Aboriginal children is a myth invented by left-wing academic historians. He has been editor of Quadrant magazine since 2008.[1] He has been the publisher of Macleay Press since 1994

    ??Mr Mark Scott
    MARK SCOTT:

    I want the ABC to be loved by Australians, I want it to be respected and I want it to be relevant. I want it to ensure that the stories that we tell, really talk about the things that are important to people and really helps bring the country together.

    JULIA BAIRD:

    Well, who is Mark Scott?

    He's come to the ABC from the Fairfax newspaper group, where he was the Editor In Chief of The Age, The Sunday Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun Herald.

    He's dabbled in the world of politics, at one stage running the office a controversial NSW Liberal Party Minister Terry Metherell.

    He tells us tonight he once considered running for Parliament, under the banner of the NSW Liberal Party.

    And he tells us as well about his strong religious beliefs.

    He's was even described (he says inaccurately) as one of 'God's secret agents... trying to bring the light and life of Jesus into one of the most hostile parts of society, the media.'

    43-years old Mark Scott seems, in some ways, bred for the ABC job.

    His grandfather, Sir Walter Scott was an advisor to government who founded of one of Australia's first management consulting firms and introduced decimal currency into Australia. His father, Brian took over the firm and served on numerous government boards.

    Now Mark Scott joins perhaps the most watched government board of all.

    He's spent these past ten days settling in and meeting ABC staff. And he says he's impressed by what he's seen.

    ??Dr Julianne Schultz AMDr Julianne Schultz AM is the founding editor of Griffith REVIEW, the award-winning literary and public affairs quarterly established by Griffith University in 2003 to provide a public intellectual leadership and a platform for long-form essays addressing topical issues beyond the daily news agenda.

    She is a professor at Griffith?fs Centre for Public Culture and Ideas. Schultz received her doctorate from the University of Sydney and is the author or editor of more than twenty books including Reviving the Fourth Estate (Cambridge Uni Press); Steel City Blues (Penguin); Not Just Another Business (Pluto), co-author of The Phone Book (Penguin) and numerous chapters on journalism and media practice.

    Julianne began her career as a reporter with the ABC and Australian Financial Review. She has held senior editorial roles and worked as media columnist and director of corporate and digital strategy. She was the founding director of the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism and actively involved in research and discussion about the future of journalism and its role in public life. Her doctorate from the University of Sydney explored the contemporary relevance of the fourth estate to the practice of journalism in Australia

    ??Mr Michael Lynch CBE, AM
    ??Ms Cheryl Bart AO
 
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