ABC hires Grace Tame
Statement from AJA CEO Robert Gregory
"At first, I thought the ABC announcement was a joke. I simply could not believe that Australia's public broadcaster could be so tone-deaf.
Not long after the Bondi attack, Grace Tame publicly called to 'globalise the Intifada'. The Intifada was a period of bloody terrorist attacks against Jewish civilians in Israel.
Just months ago, Tame dismissed reports of sexual violence committed against Israeli women on October 7 as 'propaganda', and falsely claimed they had been 'debunked', despite extensive evidence and investigations documenting those crimes.
Tame was condemned across the political spectrum and has publicly complained about difficulties obtaining speaking engagements following her comments but it appears that nothing is too outrageous for the ABC.
The question Australians should be asking is simple: with so many talented and respected people available, why did the ABC choose Grace Tame?
This decision demonstrates a profound lack of judgment and a disregard for the concerns of many Australians, particularly within the Jewish community. It reinforces the growing perception that ABC management is increasingly out of touch with the communities it is supposed to serve. ABC would have been aware of the distress this decision would cause to many Australians, and it therefore seems designed to generate controversy.
The incident further underscores the need for the ABC to be called before the Royal Commission into antisemitism, as the Coalition has advocated.
More broadly, it again raises the question of why Australian taxpayers are compelled to fund a national broadcaster whose decisions and content many Australians find deeply objectionable."
Australian Treasurer @JEChalmers demonstrates how being financially illiterate and never having had a job outside of politics has perfectly prepared him for taxing the shit out of real working Australians and making up barely coherent justifications for the cash grab.