Why the ABC board sacked Michelle Guthrie

Low staff morale and budget issues are said to be behind the managing director’s removal

Confusion at management level over the ABC’s budget, low staff morale and a failed political strategy led the board to remove the broadcaster’s first female managing director, Michelle Guthrie, halfway through her term.

Led by an increasingly proactive chairman in Justin Milne, the board, Guardian Australia understands, repeatedly warned Guthrie over several months that in its view she needed to improve her relationship with Canberra and give the ABC executive certainty over the budget, which was groaning from a huge redundancy bill.

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