A few days ago we posted Greg Wilesmith’s reaction to the evidence given to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion by Ms Jillian Segal AO, Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism. In that evidence Ms Segal emphasised how important, in her view, was the obligation on the ABC Board, under s8[i][c] of the ABC Act, “to make sure” (in her words) “the reporting is accurate”.  “Accurate, and impartial according to the recognised standards of objective jo...

ABC Alumni’s Jonathan Holmes raised the alarm about the threats to the ABC’s independence implicit in the Report by Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal AO, when it came out last July.  We raised the same points, in more detail, in our submission to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion soon after it was set up in the wake of the Bondi massacre.  Last week, Jillian Segal gave evidence to the Royal Commission a...