Published: November 28, 2019
Veteran reporter savages the Morrison government’s record on freedom of the press at awards ceremony. Plus, ABC Melbourne gives breakfast duo the chop.
Kerry O’Brien threatened to upstage the actual winners at the Walkley Awards on Thursday night, with a blistering speech warning of creeping authoritarianism in Australia. The ABC veteran, who is also chair of the Walkley Foundation, used his address at the ceremony in Sydney to eviscerate the government’s record on press freedom.
“Authoritarianism unchecked can lead to fascism,” he said. “Fortunately in this country we’re a long way from that yet, but a study of history amply demonstrates how fascism begins.”
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