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  • ABC Schtum on Strum  

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    by Vera Figner Back in 2022, when Paul Barry had a go at his fellow-journos at the ABC for not reporting on the closure of the UK’s Tavistock youth gender clinic, one Julia Holman – who was at that stage the executive producer at RN Breakfast – commented: We’ve had plenty of occasions since then to point out things…

  • Complaint to Mr Cheek about Leon Compton on ‘The Drum’

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    Exchange of emails between Jeff Briscoe and Samantha Stayner, Manager of ABC local Hobart, regarding statements made on The Drum on 9 June 2023 by Leon Compton: Dear Mr Cheek,Complaint – Leon Compton – Public Interest v Safety  I wish to submit a complaint about ABC Hobart editorial policy and the lack of impartiality of…

  • It’s time to re-evaluate the ABC’s ties with ACON

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    A non-partisan coalition of feminist and LGB groups has written to Kim Williams, ABC Chair, to express our concerns about the ABC’s relationship with the advocacy group ACON. We are especially concerned that the ABC’s membership of ACON/Pride in Diversity and its participation in ACON’s Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) compromises the ABC’s independence and undermines the…

  • Email to Fiona Cameron Ombudsman ABC Hobart Radio complaint

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    Women Speak Tasmania letter to Fiona Cameron- ABC Ombudsman, with a complain about Leon Compton bias interview with Louise Elliot COMPLAINT: ABC Hobart Radio Leon Compton Interview with Louise Elliot We wish to make a complaint about the ABC Radio Tasmania Mornings host Leon Compton and his interview with Independent Candidate for Clarke and Hobart…

  • Rebuttal to Four Corners, BLOCKED: The battle over youth gender care

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    Dianna T Kenny PhD On 10 July the ABC Four Corners presented a program entitled, “BLOCKED”2 about gender dysphoria and its treatment in young people. I was so concerned by the coverage that I felt it incumbent upon me to provide a more balanced account of the current state of research in the care of gender…

  • Leon Compton saying NO debate on the Drum

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    Leon Compton, is another activist journalist at ABC Hobart who refuses to cover women’s rights issues because it might hurt trans people. Transcript from The Drum 9th June 2023 “As a journalist it’s sometimes hard because you want to air a balance of perspectives but what perspectives are reasonable to air? Particularly those that dress…

  • ABC Radio Breakfast – Complaint to Fiona Cameron

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    Dear Fiona, Thank you for your reply and I now have found the time to submit another complaint to you. My complaint concerns several matters. Firstly: Regarding ABC Radio Breakfast host Ryk Goddard’s Breakfast show on Tuesday 14th February at approx. 7.48am with regard to a Motion being put forward by Cr Louise Elliott and…

  • Correspondence to the ABC Ombudsman Fiona Cameron

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    Below is a series of emails to Fiona Cameron, where WST comments about the ABC biased reporting on gender identity law reforms. Dear Fiona, Complaint:  ABC Tasmania biased reportage on gender identity law reforms I am writing to you to further my complaint already sent to ABC Hobart Manager Marcus Cheek and what I consider…

  • Email to Marcus Cheek ABC Media Watch

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    Below is a series of emails sent by Women Speak Tasmania to Marcus Cheek, in our efforts to make him aware of bias reporting on the ABC Dear Marcus, I would like to draw your attention to the recent program on ABC Media Watch with Paul Barry criticising the ABC for its lack of coverage…

  • Media Watch – ACON and the ABC

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    We look at the relationship between the ABC and ACON, which runs the Workplace Equality Index Awards — a national benchmark on LGBTQ inclusion. PROF CORDELIA FINE: People engaged in contemporary debates about sex and gender identity have been harassed, intimidated, verbally abused, gratuitously offended, viciously smeared and forced from positions, roles or other professional…