Michelle Guthrie has made explosive claims on the ABC’s Four Corners that former Chair, Justin Milne, inappropriately touched her at a board dinner last year.
Members of the ABC Board are currently meeting with Chairman Justin Milne to discuss his future.
It is believed the board members are urging him to stand aside as ongoing revelations about his role in pressuring the former Managing Director continue to emerge.
Leaks continue from those supporting the sacked Managing Director and those supporting the board, as both parties position themselves for threatened legal action concerning Michelle Guthrie's sacking.
After initially rejecting calls for an Inquiry, Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has now announced that he will conduct an investigation into accusations that ABC Chairman Justin Milne sought to have journalist Emma Alberici sacked because the government did not like her reporting.
Minister Fifield said in a statement this evening:
ABC staff were reported to have been seen high fiving* in the foyer when news of Michelle Guthrie's sacking was released on Monday.
There is set to be more disruption within the national broadcaster today as Chairman Justin Milne's position becomes increasingly untenable after revelations that he emailed Michelle Guthrie urging her to sack Emma Alberici during a dispute over an article she wrote earlier this year.
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