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Speaking on Sky News on Sunday night, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Mallah's appearance could not be brushed off as an "error of judgment" and said there needed to be "serious consequences" as a result of the incident.
"We are entitled to know … who made those calls and why, and then people can draw their own conclusions. It's up to the management and the board to make decisions about it but there certainly should be some consequences to this," he said.
Mr Turnbull also questioned the performance of ABC managing director Mark Scott.
"As you know, I've said, much to the annoyance of some people at the ABC, I've said that I do not believe that Mark Scott should have the title of editor-in-chief because he clearly does not act as the editor-in-chief," Mr Turnbull told his former chief of staff and now Sky News host Chris Kenny.
Mr Turnbull said the debate about government policies influencing potential jihadists was a legitimate one, but not one to be prosecuted by Mallah, who has advocated sexual violence against two prominent female conservative journalists.
"Why on earth would you have this utterly discredited, convicted person, Mr Mallah, why would you have him to be making this point as opposed to someone with real credibility and repute?" Mr Turnbull asked.
"I would have thought this guy is someone you would never contemplate having in a live audience."
"Over the past week, I have vacillated as a private citizen about whether I go on because I am not happy with Q&A's conduct last week but as Human Rights Commissioner I feel an obligation to go on Q&A and explain what free speech actually means," Mr Wilson said.
Both government representatives are now boycotting tonight's Q&A.
No way I'm defending what Abbott said about the ABC. I'm actually congratulating the ABC for bringing this person into the spotlight and showing us the sort of person he is. Whether that was the ABC's intention is another matter, but the ABC should be 'on the side' of reality and the reality is that such people as Mallah exist and we should be aware of them.
The government's overblown rhetoric indicates, as I've said before, a ideological vendetta against the ABC.
"Heads should roll" is a stupidly extremist statement when our national leader should be taking a calm and rational approach, providing some sort of contrast to the other extremists out there.
Thereby giving a free kick to Labor. Well done bozos
http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/
..“Many [ABC] staff have been distressed by the accusation of ‘betrayal’, the inappropriate call that ‘heads must roll’ and barrage of recent offensive headlines and fake pictures featuring ABC staff providing makeup for Isis terrorists and the ABC logo on an Isis flag …”
“I urge staff to stand strong in the face of such intimidation and to maintain our statutory commitment to fearless, impartial and independent coverage,” Peacock, a senior journalist on 7.30, said..
How unpalatable they find it, a little taste of their own medicine.
ABC staffers playing the victim for all they're worth. Not much of a sense of irony though.
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http://blogs.news.com.au/dailyteleg.../abcs_qa_gives_oxygen_to_enemies_of_the_west/
ABC’s Q&A gives succour to enemies of the West
Miranda Devine, Saturday, June 27, 2015
....There is no “other side of the argument” when it comes to murdering innocents, whether in a café in Martin Place, at a gas factory in France, or on a Tunisian beach.
There is no “debate” when it comes to inciting gang rape against two female columnists. There is no grey area, no moral relativity. There is just right and wrong.
It's there to publish stories and points of view that don't get published elsewhere.
I heard from a debate on ABC that the guy's against ISIS, that he's always been against them and in his blogs have said no Australian should go, that is, do not join ISIS.
ISIS is our number one enemy right?
There are thousands of respectable, knowledgeable, rational Muslims who could have come on and expressed their anti-ISIS views. Apart from the "thrill" factor why choose this guy, with his bomb threats, gangbang twitter accounts and so on?
Duckman
Not a word of criticism from the anti Aunty mob about Mallah appearing on Channel 10's The Project the night after the Q&A show.
Kinda makes me wonder whether this is just another anti ABC vendetta rather than any attempt at a rational debate.
Not a word of criticism from the anti Aunty mob about Mallah appearing on Channel 10's The Project the night after the Q&A show.
Kinda makes me wonder whether this is just another anti ABC vendetta rather than any attempt at a rational debate.
This thread is getting ridiculous.
So is the rhetoric from the Right Wing loonies.
To see Tim Wilson , Human Rights Commissioner (WTF ???) who has prided himself on defending the rights (as he sees it) of people to be "offensive" suddenly deciding that he and his right wing cohorts have the monopoly on deciding what constitutes offensive behaviour, is completely laughable.
That man's hypocrisy is blatant, he is someone who ideologically dislikes the ABC and will attack it at every opportunity. He has no credibility at all on this issue.
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