ABC Chief Condemns ‘Misinformation’ After Senior Journalist Claims Australia Is Racist

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Managing Director David Anderson has admitted that a comment claiming Australia was a “racist country” by a senior journalist was a mistake. The chief political correspondent for ABC’s 7.30 program, Laura Tingle, has been criticised for the comments made during Sydney Writer’s Festival on May 26. Ms. Tingle also allegedly accused Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of inciting racial abuse against migrants seeking to buy or rent a property, pointing to his migration cut proposal—an idea also accepted by the Labor government. During a budget estimate hearing on May 30, Mr. Anderson was questioned about the broadcaster’s stance on the issue....