Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I guess it was option 2. I understand that the Minister for Communications has today described the ABC's 80 job cuts as 'regrettable'. I also understand, although the minister can confirm this, that Minister Turnbull was cut out of the decision to appoint right-wing hardliners Janet Albrechtsen and Neil Brown to the ABC board appointments committee. Minister, who does have portfolio responsibility for the ABC—Malcolm Turnbull or Rupert Murdoch?