As ABC chair, Ita Buttrose stood up for the broadcaster's independence. It's time others did the same
- Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
Ita Buttrose has announced she will not seek a second term as ABC chair, which means her term will expire in March 2024.
Buttrose’s appointment as chair of the ABC in February 2019 was tainted by being a “captain’s pick” on the part of then Prime Minister Scott Morrison, yet at crucial moments she was to prove a strong...
