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  • Failure of Impartiality in Reporting on Sex-Based Rights – Letter to Linton Besser

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    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…

  • Erosion of Trust in the ABC – A Tasmanian Perspective

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    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…

  • Why are taxpayers funding endless queer propaganda through ABC? – Letter to Linton Besser from Media Watch

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    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,…

  • Teen Girls Access Double Mastectomies via Gender Clinic – Letter to Linton Besser/Media Watch

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    Letter sent to Linton Besser and Media Watch on 11 January 2026 Cc. Bernard Lane, Rachel Baxendale and Stephen Rice. Dear Media Watch/ Linton Besser, Western Australia gender clinic enables double mastectomies for teenage girls, secret document reveals, article by The Australian https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/western-australia-gender-clinic-enables-double-mastectomies-for-teenage-girls-secret-document-reveals/news-story/dbbf2c69dffa3a75c1f4e2f18cb97f2c I refer to the above article, about the medical scandal of teenagers…

  • ABC’s Lies by Omission – Letter to Linton Besser

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    Dear Linton Besser, Thank you for revisiting the topic of ACON’s stranglehold over the ABC. This is hardly a new topic, given Paul Barry courageously raised it years ago, and it’s ever more concerning that ABC is not taking immediate action to end its relationship with ACON. Despite Hugh Marks’ shambolic attempts to minimise ACON’s…