Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:<p><a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/13/ex-abc-chair-ita-buttrose-taken-off-speaker-list-women-media-event/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">crikey.com.au/2025/03/13/ex-ab</span><span class="invisible">c-chair-ita-buttrose-taken-off-speaker-list-women-media-event/</span></a></p><p><u><strong>Quote</strong></u></p><p>Ita Buttrose has been removed from the speaker list at Women in Media Australia’s 20th anniversary fundraiser, with concerns raised about the platform afforded to her in light of the ABC’s Antoinette Lattouf saga.</p><p>Organisers of the event sent out a memo to attendees on the afternoon of March 11 to inform them that Buttrose, the organisation’s national patron, was “no longer able to participate” in the event, with new guest speakers to be announced in the coming days. By the morning of March 13, new speakers were yet to be announced, but comedian Kitty Flanagan was announced to host the organisation’s Women in Media Oration in late May. </p><p>“We think you are really going to enjoy the discussion,” the March 11 email promised attendees. </p><p>“We apologise for the change of plans, but plan to host a memorable gathering to celebrate our 20th anniversary with you.”</p><p>The issue of Buttrose’s slated appearance was raised on social media by Diversity Arts Australia’s Simone Jordan, and then later at an International Women’s Day panel held by Women in Media, which included Alicia Vrajlal.</p><p>Vrajlal, the editorial lead at Missing Perspectives, told the panel she had “mixed feelings” about accepting the panel “because I knew I’d be the only woman of colour”. </p><p>“It goes without saying with the Antoinette Lattouf case, and the conversations happening at the moment, I feel as though we could be going backwards,” Vrajlal told the room. </p><p>“I’ve heard other women of colour publicly expressing disappointment for example with Ita Buttrose headlining an ‘In Conversation’ event organised by Women in Media,” she said. </p><p>“I feel a bit disappointed, I feel a bit frustrated, I feel a bit confused as to where attention is given to women of colour and when it’s not. Is this a pick and choose situation? Are women of colour being listened to only when it suits a certain narrative or is great for optics?” </p><p>Speaking to Crikey, Vrajlal said that while she had accepted the invitation to speak on International Women’s Day well in advance of learning of Buttrose speaking at the 20th anniversary event, the invitation mentioned the importance of building “safer, more respectful workplace cultures”, and that raised her ire. </p><p>“It was an opportunity to remind the industry that we must be more thoughtful of who we’re platforming. It will now be interesting to see who Women in Media platform as a speaker for this event.” </p><p>Vrajlal said that given “public discourse around tokenistic diversity at International Women’s Day events across various industries”, seeing a “huge platform given to Ita Buttrose has only solidified the sentiment of disappointment, frustration and confusion for many women of colour”. </p><p>Women in Media Australia’s seven-strong board has one woman of colour on it. Kym Middleton, general manager of Women in Media Australia, was contacted for comment but didn’t respond.</p><p>Buttrose’s speaking appointment came in the wake of her tense testimony in the Federal Court over the Antoinette Lattouf sacking. While Buttrose said it was “nice to get congratulatory emails” (according to an email sent by her to managing director David Anderson) after Lattouf’s exit, she claims she “didn’t wish [Lattouf] to be removed” and had “nothing to do with her dismissal”. She then proceeded to send a letter, distributed to the press and published in full by Crikey, filled with explosive allegations about Anderson’s own testimony, accusing him of lying under oath.</p><p><u><strong>Unquote</strong></u> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntoinetteLattouf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntoinetteLattouf</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KittyFlanagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KittyFlanagan</span></a></p>
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Bin Chicken 🗑𓅠<p>Ita Buttrose claims ‘inconsistencies’ in ABC boss David Anderson’s affidavit in Antoinette Lattouf case<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/feb/24/antoinette-lattouf-trial-ita-buttrose-david-anderson-affidavit-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/media/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/24/antoinette-lattouf-trial-ita-buttrose-david-anderson-affidavit-ntwnfb</span></a></p><p>Funny, I thought some of what Ita Buttrose said in court about the unfair dismissal of Antoinette Lattouf was a stretch. Some other observers suggested it may amount to perjury — I wouldn't go that far because I'm not a lawyer. In any case, it's extraordinary that Ita Buttrose now appears to be throwing David Anderson under the bus.</p><p><a href="https://rants.au/tags/AntoinetteLattouf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntoinetteLattouf</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/DavidAnderson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidAnderson</span></a> <a href="https://rants.au/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@kentparkstreet1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kentparkstreet1</span></a></span> </p><p>Smells like more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProIsraelAgents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProIsraelAgents</span></a> doing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a>, at the National Gallery Australia.</p><p>Bet the "security risk" was no where near as high as the security risk of being a child in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>, USA, Germany and Britain doing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> there.</p><p>Looks like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NGA</span></a> is only for politically convenient art.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticallyConvinientArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticallyConvinientArt</span></a></p>
Matt Godden<p>Reading the coverage of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lattouf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lattouf</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OurABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OurABC</span></a> trial, getting really strong Frost / Nixon "when the president does it, it makes it legal" vibes from Buttrose's reported answers.</p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Jinjirrie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Jinjirrie</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a> - "... We owe her nothing."</p><p>Nasty.</p><p>Sounds like just another corporate head-kicker to me.</p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theblower.au/@jillL" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jillL</span></a></span> <br>Thank you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a>.<br>I can feel hi-brow and still get my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Murdoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Murdoch</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DebasementOfPublicBroadcasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DebasementOfPublicBroadcasters</span></a>, a necessary step towards plutocracy a la Rupert.</p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://loma.ml/profile/msdropbear42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>msdropbear42</span></a></span> </p><p>"Is it any wonder viewers and listeners are deserting the national broadcaster in their droves?"</p><p>This is the longer term plan of the right-wing in AU, UK and USA; destroy the public's faith in the public broadcasters and have that audience go to other sources.</p><p>It's working well and kinda brilliant if increasing divisiveness and decreasing accountability is one's aim.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnHoward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnHoward</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TonyAbbott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TonyAbbott</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.au/@smartatarc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>smartatarc</span></a></span> </p><p>Yikes, the poisonous fruit of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a> years continue to ripen.</p><p>Wish I had confidence that poisonous grafted branches would be pruned off, and Ita's plantings ripped out.</p><p>Is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlboMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlboMP</span></a> doing the necessary?<br>Or is he letting the ABC continue going to the dogs?</p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@fixatedpersonsunit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fixatedpersonsunit</span></a></span> </p><p>Would like to read the backstory on this.</p><p>Wondering if there is some program like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalistSociety</span></a> has with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a>. (Another impressive "sucess".)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ABCDegraded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABCDegraded</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidSpeers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSpeers</span></a></p>
Bernard Sheppard<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@CarringBush2020" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CarringBush2020</span></a></span></p><p>The enshittification of Australian media is complete.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-24/kim-williams-endorsed-as-new-abc-chair-newscorp/103382554?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-01-24/kim</span><span class="invisible">-williams-endorsed-as-new-abc-chair-newscorp/103382554?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NewsLimited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewsLimited</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NewsCorp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewsCorp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NewsCorpse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewsCorpse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Mojo ♻️<p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a> to step down as <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ABC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABC</span></a> chair in March 2024 at end of current term <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/independentmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independentmedia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/aug/22/ita-buttrose-abc-chair-steps-down-march-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/media/2023/aug</span><span class="invisible">/22/ita-buttrose-abc-chair-steps-down-march-2024</span></a></p>
Whiskers 🇦🇺<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@countcol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>countcol</span></a></span> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ItaButtrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ItaButtrose</span></a> take note <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ABCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ABCNews</span></a> now a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/tabloid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tabloid</span></a></p>
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