Tag: ABC
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ABC Bias Complaint on Let Women Speak Coverage – Email to the ABC Board
Email sent to the ABC Board on 23.04.26 To the ABC Board, I write to question the role and powers of the ABC Ombudsman, and the parameters within which the position currently operates. My initial complaint concerned the ABC’s reporting on the Let Women Speak event held in Melbourne in 2023. While concerns about bias…
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Feedback Regarding Northern Recreation Hub Segment – Email to ABC Northern Tasmania
Email sent to ABC Northern Tasmania Breakfast on 29 April 2026 Dear ABC Northern Tasmania Breakfast team, I am writing regarding the recent segment on the all-gender toilets and change facilities at the Northern Recreation Hub in Mowbray featuring Mayor Matthew Garwood. While the segment acknowledged that there are strong community views on both sides…
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ABC Northern Tasmania’s Rec Hub Interview: Was the Debate Really Explored?
On 28 April, ABC Northern Tasmania Breakfast aired a segment on the new all-gender toilets and change facilities at Launceston’s Northern Recreation Hub in Mowbray. The issue was introduced as controversial, with listeners’ concerns about privacy, safety, hygiene, and female-only facilities briefly acknowledged before Mayor Matthew Garwood was interviewed onsite. However, while the segment gave…
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ABC Complaints Process and Bias Concerns – Letter to Sarah Henderson
Letter sent to the Shadow Minister for Communications, Hon Sarah Henderson, on 16.04.26 Dear Senator Henderson, After watching you in Senate Estimates hearings repeatedly challenge ABC bosses about the public broadcaster’s biased reporting, I thought I should write to you about that same matter, and the altogether unsatisfactory responses I have received from ABC Complaints,…
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ABC cuts ties with trans lobby group ACON after bias exposed
The ABC has severed ties with ACON following The Australian’s explosive revelations that the group influenced its news coverage and programming for years. The ABC has abandoned its partnership with ACON following revelations by The Australian that the broadcaster’s news and programming had been heavily influenced by the radical agenda of the trans lobby group.…
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ABC won platinum for trans activism, failed on transparency
Secret submissions reveal how the ABC let a trans lobby group influence its programming, but the broadcaster won’t release key documents – because it might stop it ‘attracting the best talent’. Newly released documents show how the ABC won platinum status last year with trans lobby group ACON after pledging to use its unique position…
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Failure of Impartiality in Reporting on Sex-Based Rights – Letter to Linton Besser
Dear Linton Besser, I am concerned about the continual mischaracterisation by ABC of women’s rights campaigners as “anti trans”, when in fact we are simply defending our right of association. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/lesbian-group-transgender-exemption-federal-court/106375606 Lesbians don’t “want the right to exclude trans women”- they want to assert women’s right of association. The Australian Human Rights Commission on the…
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Erosion of Trust in the ABC – A Tasmanian Perspective
For years, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has partnered with ACON, the leading LGBTQ+ advocacy organisation, through programs like the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) and its Pride Network. While the ABC insists editorial independence is maintained, this close relationship has fuelled growing concerns about bias, selective reporting, and cultural pressures in newsrooms—particularly on issues…
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ABC Complaint Referred to the Minister for Communications – Letter to Hon. Rowland
This letter has been sent to the Australian Minister for Communications, the Hon Michelle Rowland MP, following a formal complaint made to the ABC Ombudsman regarding concerns about accuracy and impartiality in ABC reporting. In light of growing public interest — including Phil Dye’s petition — the correspondence asks the Minister to consider whether the…
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Why are taxpayers funding endless queer propaganda through ABC? – Letter to Linton Besser from Media Watch
Letter sent to Linton Besser and Media Watch on 31 January 2026 Dear Linton, The BBC has been criticised for its impartiality particularly regarding its promotion of gender and ‘queer’ ideology above the sex-based rights of women. The ABC has for years been doing exactly the same- a slow drip feed of trans positive stories,…