ABC BOSS MICHELLE GUTHRIE GRILLED IN SENATE ESTIMATES OVER AXING SHORTWAVE RADIO SERVICE

27 June 2017

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has told a Senate Estimates hearing she is confident the organisation has not breached its charter by cancelling its shortwave radio service.

Victorian senator Bridget McKenzie in particular grilled Ms Guthrie on the ABC board's decision to cut the service, and at one point asked her "if she had been to the Northern Territory".

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