Fired ABC boss Michelle Guthrie considers legal options, claiming ‘no justification’ for dismissal
Michelle Guthrie, ABC’s managing director who was fired by the board this morning, is considering her legal options, claiming the board had no grounds to terminate her employment.
Earlier this morning, the national broadcaster announced Guthrie’s employment had been terminated immediately, after it decided her leadership was no longer in the interests of the ABC, its staff and audiences.
Guthrie is looking at her legal options
Well she would say that, wouldn’t she? Hardly going to go “ah well, yes it’s a fair cop, I was rubbish at it”.
Shades of Geoffrey Whitehead / David Hill in the 80’s. Clearly Malcolm’s mate wants to do the same thing and become MD himself so he can lobby for his digital fantasy “Project Jetstream” – which no government of any persuasion is going to fund.
Obviously there’s a lot we don’t know but to start with….how weird it is that there are contracts that can be terminated with cause? There must be one heck of a wage to sign something so one sided.
Milne and Guthrie both are a poor fit for their roles. Guthrie was chosen by Milne. Milne has no appreciation of what actually matters. No surprise that his dopey tech focus is in the frame.
Nope, Guthrie was chosen by Spigelman (ALP appointee), not Milne.
No, Guthrie was not chosen by Milne. She was chosen by Milne’s predecesor, Jim Speigleman
The ABC uses an executive search company that persistently produces gloss and dross. It’s abundantly clear that Guthrie was extremely poorly equipped for the job. We will shortly discover, as ABC staff discovered ages ago, that Guthrie has zero experience with content, knows little about tech and generally is a management lightweight.
Before they take another step the ABC needs to ask: how did that person even get an interview?
Over to you Mr Challis.