An organised revolt by ABC staff has forced the organisation’s new Director of News, Simon Robinson, to back down from threats to discipline ABC journalist Michael Slezak, after he wrote an opinion piece in his capacity as president of the journalists’ union, Lamestream can reveal.
Robinson’s backdown followed a staff meeting organised after management threatened disciplinary action, and an open letter condemning it, signed by hundreds of ABC journalists.
In the letter, ABC journalists accused management of obstructing “journalists in our industry fulfilling their duty to uphold and champion press freedom.”
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