Australia’s Public Broadcaster Launches New ‘Diversity’ and ‘Inclusion’ Guidelines
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has unveiled new requirements that will see “under-represented people and perspectives” on Australian TV screens.
The announcement comes just months after a report (pdf) published by Media Diversity Australia found more than 75 percent of Australian news presenters, commentators and reporters were “white.”
Under the “Diversity and Inclusion Commissioning Guidelines” (pdf) published on Feb. 15, production companies will need to provide greater access and opportunity to “under-represented” groups such as Indigenous Australians, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, people living with a disability, and the LGBTQI+ community.
Production companies must employ writers, producers and directors from diverse backgrounds to “demonstrate representation.” This includes having people from diverse backgrounds in its core cre
The bleak outlook was laid out in the Institute of Public Affairs
Net Zero Jobs document. The IPA is a conservative think-tank based in Melbourne. The document uses data from the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory by Economic Sector report, along with industry employment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, to estimate how many jobs would be put at risk from a net zero emissions target. It claimed that up to 653,600 jobs would be directly in the firing line from a net zero emissions target. But Labor spokesman for Northern Australia Murray Watt has rubbished the claims as a blatant scare campaign from a fringe group .
Great Scott, Kirkup turns the Liberals Green
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Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup took his metaphorical DeLorean for a ride through the timestream this week as he went backwards with a failed Barnett policy from 2017 whilst simultaneously dragging the Liberal Party into the future with an energy policy that is downright green.
Itâs been hard to keep up with the strategies from team Kirkup which racked up more than $1 billion of promises since Saturday as the Liberals wasted no time in restarting campaign activities once the Wooroloo fire was under control.