The repeated efforts of ABC Director Joe Gersh to defend his Chairperson, Ita Buttrose, are as laughable as they are futile.
They also raise interesting questions relating to good governance and the self-proclaimed ‘exceptionalism’ of the ABC itself.
Can anyone name another Chairperson in either the public or public sectors who has been as heavily and repeatedly defended as Ita Buttrose by one of her fellow directors?
Not for the first time — and likely not the last, Victorian lawyer and property millionaire, Joe Gersh, has been vigorously defending Buttrose — this time against what he claims was a ‘disrespectful’ attack by former...
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