A Liberal-led parliamentary inquiry into the complaints dealing with processes of the ABC and SBS won't go forward.
The surroundings and communications Senate committee formally dropped its inquiry on Thursday after the completion of an impartial evaluation of the procedures.
The inquiry into the general public broadcasters was suspended in November final 12 months after the impartial evaluation was introduced.
Ita Buttrose, chair of the ABC, had beforehand described the Senate inquiry as “an act of political interference designed to intimidate”.
The Greens additionally condemned it as a partisan try and undermine the ABC’s independence.
The committee’s chairman, Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, wrote in a quick report tabled in parliament on Thursday that the ABC board had launched particulars of its impartial evaluation on 17 Might, which included the creation of a brand new place of ABC ombudsman.
“On account of the ABC board adopting all the evaluation suggestions, and specifically the board agreeing to the institution of an ABC ombudsman appointed by, and reporting to, the board, the committee has determined to not proceed with its inquiry,” he wrote.
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