Thread: I'm pursuing ABC corruption starting with today's NSW ICAC submission. 1st part is the unequivocal fact that @bbelsham & ABC management withheld this crucial #NBN article from public & pollies before 2013 election for corrupt reasons abc.net.au/technology/art… #abc90 #auspol
The next concerns how Sally Cray, @turnbullmalcolm's Chief of Staff, was employed at the ABC & repeatedly threw me under the bus to MSM. Shortly after the 2013 election, she returned to be Turnbull's Chief of Staff. Did she ever leave? What else did she do? #auspol #abc90
After @carolduncan asked me for questions to ask @turnbullmalcolm about #NBN (who was routinely slamming Labor unchallenged on @abcaustralia radio stations at that time), she was promptly fired and her job quickly readvertised. Carol has more to say on this #abc90 #auspol
I used the ABC's internal whistleblower system to expose everything. This involved giving the ABC's Head of Group Audit, Alison Hamill, all of my evidence. She manipulated the Terms of Reference & no fault was found. She still works there #abc90 #auspol
ABC Head of People (HR) @vanessa_macbean appointed Rhonda Williams as my counselor. She shared confidential information with ABC lawyers that were challenging my Work Cover claim. Macbean knew. She also told me she shared our correspondence with boss: @asunderland #auspol #abc90
At a time when the MSM was routinely lying about #NBN, @ABCmediawatch chose to attack me. Producer @amy_donaldson & @jonaholmes48 lied about me on air. This destroyed my journalism career, killed all MSM #NBN coverage & ultimately helped kill our #NBN & @abcnews :( #auspol #abc90
@triplejHack asked me for Qs for Turnbull. I liaised with them but was ghosted shortly before. They pulled all my questions & brought in a journalist who Turnbull had previously praised. He praised him again on air. No challenging questions were asked. Collusion. #abc90 #auspol
'sDespite me exploding Turnbull's "Faster, Cheaper, Sooner" #NBN claims (& being the ABC Tech Editor), the claim was parroted by @abcnews in its 2013 election guide. I asked why. "We did 'he said, she said' to not cause trouble" is what I was told. #auspol #abc90
When questioned at Senate Estimates, @mscott claimed to have no knowledge about my #NBN copper article despite it causing enormous internal and external issues. abc.net.au/technology/art… #auspol #abc90
Tangent: Cos #NBN scrutiny was killed @davidthodey cld sell Telstra's rotten copper network to Turnbull & the Aus public at a premium knowing it was "rooted". Shares spiked. He left. TLS share price then tanked. Shareholders hurt. Was on frontpage of @financialreview #auspol
Final notes: ABC bias accusations are well worn. 3rd party investigations show there isn't any. But: it's what IS NOT reported that shows the where the problems lie. Forget any awards and distractions. #auspol #abc90
What else has ABC management not reported on and covered up? The only reason the #NBN issues appeared is because I refused to be silenced at great personal cost. #auspol #abc90
When the Coalition won in 2013, the ABC shut its Tech & Environment websites (not Religion). Since then, coverage in those areas regularly comes from 'journalists' with political backgrounds. Not experts. #auspol #abc90
When I blew the whistle the first time, I was contacted by several other ABC employees who encouraged me to "keep going." I had no resources and minimal time to do so, but there's plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest that the rot goes deep. #auspol #abc90
Final note: when I blew the whistle (publicly), I was national news for 2 weeks. Yet, there was no coverage anywhere from the ABC in that time. Were 2000 journalists told to be quiet? Or did they work in a culture that prevented them all from doing their job? HBABC #abc90 #auspol
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