This leads to huge party discontent and loss of loyal liberals who feel terribly betrayed," one message said. Christian Porter, Attorney-General of Australia. Former ABC chair Justin Milne said in 2018 that managing director Michelle Guthrie had been sacked because the board wanted a different "leadership style" and had concerns about her poor relationship with the federal government. "I knew I was leaving a job that I really loved, but I didn’t see that there was any other way out," she said. In response to this on Twitter, Milligan said the investigation gave him two weeks to respond to detailed queries - much longer than is usually given to politicians by media. "I more than supported it, I ensured that it continued," he told media. He eventually voted for the reform, as his Melbourne electorate voted in favour. Turnbull told the program he spoke to Porter in December 2017 about reports the soon-to-be attorney-general had been seen drinking too much and "in the company of young women" at a Canberra bar. “I regret my actions immensely and the hurt it caused my family. ", We stand by every word. "Now, the chicken has come home to roost," Joyce said. Porter still holds the portfolio in the Morrison government, and today released a statement that he "categorically rejected" the allegations aired by Four Corners about his behaviour in that Canberra pub. The private lives of Attorney-General Christian Porter and fellow cabinet minister Alan Tudge were exposed in a Four Corners expose. Her speech did not reference the episode but attacked as "malicious garbage" claims by critics that ABC journalists "run agendas and campaign against private enterprise". Tudge acknowledged his affair and apologised in a public statement to his family as well as Miller. Four Corners claimed to have spoken with other eyewitnesses who alleged they saw the same ... Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge, who was … He said he had also received phone calls from one office, and ABC chair Ita Buttrose told him board members had also been contacted by a federal staffer. Four Corners aired an interview with Rachelle Miller, a former staffer to Mr Tudge, who claimed they engaged in an affair in 2017 while Mr Tudge … "I have a feeling that my appearance had a bearing on why Alan would want to walk in with me on his arm, and I felt at that time a lot like an ornament.". "My senior staff, as do I, speak very regularly with directors and senior executives of the ABC and other media organisations.". If you're not already a Mamamia member, sign up (it's easy, we promise). In the letter, Mr Fletcher claimed the woman at the centre of the alleged relationship with Mr Porter had also denied the allegations and questioned why the ABC had failed to report this. "I think that absolutely there needs to be an acknowledgement that that sort of behaviour is not OK," Ms Miller said. I wasn’t his guest. 'Tonight, matters that occurred in my personal life in 2017 were aired on the … He just looked at his porridge. "I regret my actions immensely and the hurt it caused my family. Porter denied many of the allegations against him in a statement, and said "given the defamatory nature of many of the claims made in tonight's programme, I will be considering legal options.". "The risk of compromise is very real - it's not just the stuff of spy novels," Turnbull said, admitting that if he had been aware of broader concerns about Mr Porter at the time, he would have made further inquiries before finalising his promotion. Speaking to news.com.au before the episode aired, Joyce said he warned Turnbull other politicians were having sex with staffers. Alan Tudge is the now-Acting Immigration Minister. to the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, sack high-profile presenter Emma Alberici. “Four Corners’ depiction of interactions in the bar are categorically rejected,” he said in a statement. Alan Tudge arrives at the 2017 Midwinter Ball with staffer Rachelle Miller. Hours before the episode aired ABC managing director David Anderson told a Senate estimates hearing he had been contacted by federal ministerial staffers about the integrity of the episode, which he said was "problematic". He just looked at his desk. Whistleblowers included former Parliament staffers and former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. I also regret the hurt that Ms Miller has experienced.". Labor frontbencher Bill Shorten told Today on Tuesday the claims made by Four Corners were "pretty seedy" and women staffers in Parliament House had a right to feel safe and supported. The 'bonk ban' was part of Turnbull's public response after it emerged Joyce had formed a relationship with his former press secretary Vikki Campion. The Four Corners episode featured former staffer Rachelle Miller revealing an affair she had had with Mr Tudge in 2017 while working as his media adviser. Morrison government asks ABC to please explain controversial Four Corners episode. Barrister Kathleen Foley described his behaviour at the time as "deeply sexist and actually misogynistic". What I've had is questioning about whether it was in the public interest," Anderson told a Senate estimates committee on Monday. The affair took place in 2017, before Turnbull's 'bonk ban' was put in place. Morrison government demands ABC justify Four Corners report on Liberal pollies’ private lives. Following the program Acting Immigration Minister, Alan Tudge issued a statement: “Tonight, matters that occurred in my personal life in 2017 were aired on the ABC’s Four Corners program. The Four Corners program revealed that during his university days in Western Australia, Mr Porter often made demeaning remarks about women, including notes in year books. Ms Dyer reflected on meeting Mr Porter in 1986, when they were both champion school debaters, describing him as having an "air of entitlement" and an "assuredness that's perhaps born of privilege". Government intervention is a particular sore point for the broadcaster. Joyce said if relationships involved two consensual adults, it should be nobody else's business. Another said: "It is passed [sic] time for us to get organised and collectively stand up. Mr Tudge responded to the report by expressing regret at the hurt he caused his family and Ms Miller. Alan Tudge demanded the photograph of Christian Porter be deleted. In a letter to Ms Buttrose, Mr Fletcher posed 15 questions to the ABC board requesting an explanation within 14 days as to how the episode complied with the ABC's code of practice and its statutory obligations to provide accurate and impartial journalism. Four Corners detailed Tudge's conservative views, his support of 'traditional family values' and his reservations about changing the Marriage Act to allow same-sex marriage. Is there a petition we can sign. I said: 'this is ridiculous.'". Mr Tudge issued a statement after the program aired on Monday night. For those asking, the reasons tonight's #4Corners focuses on Liberals are: 1.The Liberal Party is in government 2.The politicians concerned are Ministers of the Crown 3.The conduct identified is now banned in the PM's Ministerial Standards introduced in 2018 #4Corners #auspol, ...#4Corners has done many stories in the past on all political parties - incl Labor, the Greens, Pauline Hanson's One Nation, Clive Palmer's UAP.. We will continue to do so. The strained relationship between the government and the public broadcaster comes as Mr Fletcher is expected to soon announce two new ABC board members to fill vacancies created by deputy chair Kirstin Ferguson and Donny Walford, whose terms finished last month. During the episode, Turnbull admitted it was also in response to wider issues with other ministers. In a statement, Mr Tudge said: "Tonight, matters that occurred in my personal life in 2017 were aired on the ABC's Four Corners program. Morrison said on Monday the ABC had a duty to "uphold its charter", when asked if his office or other ministers had applied pressure over the episode. "This is unacceptable conduct for a cabinet minister and it exposes you to the risk of compromise," Turnbull said he told Porter. Zoe Samios is a media and telecommunications reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. "There was a conversation about it and there's nothing irregular about that," Mr Fletcher said. Alan Tudge affair is exposed by ABC’s Four Corners Dope Boss November 9, 2020 6 min read The Morrison government has been rocked by an explosive report uncovering a consensual affair between a married senior Liberal MP and his glamorous staffer. "I apologise for material I wrote in a law school magazine 24 years ago. Porter said in a statement about his 2017 meeting with Turnbull that the then-prime minister queried whether there was any accuracy to the "story" he had heard, and that the "answer was no". #auspol. Last night, ABC’s Four Corners program (embedded below) brought to light utterly vile allegations. At the time of the incident Porter - now separated from his second wife - was married and his wife and young child were at home in Perth, the ABC reported. The ABC said federal ministerial staffers contacted the very highest levels of the media organisation to ask whether the Four Corners episode was 'in the public interest'. What are you going to do about them?' Alan Tudge (Image: AAP) Between Four Corners and the billion dollar settlement of the robodebt, scandal it’s been quite a fortnight for Alan Tudge.. Who … "It's not just on any one side of politics can I tell you. I wasn’t his partner. "We would just expect that the ABC, always, that they would act in an independent and an unbiased way. "Malcolm then promoted me to attorney-general about two weeks after," Mr Porter said. https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/11/10/abc-sordid-canberra-public-interest Please sign in to contribute to the Mamamia Community. After listening in party room... to bikini judging commentary, enough is enough.". A secret affair between married Mr Tudge and former media … Labor's communications spokeswoman Michelle Rowland tweeted the letter was "yet another tactic of intimidation by the Morrison government towards the ABC". Image: Getty. Tudge ‘regretful’ as Four Corners ‘whistleblower’ alleges ministerial affairs and culture of misogyny in Canberra Government ministers Alan Tudge and Christian Porter in Question Time in 2017. I also regret the hurt that Ms Miller has experienced.” And I didn’t want to be on camera. A former press secretary to Minister Alan Tudge told Four Corners she had an affair with him while working in his office. On Monday, hours before the episode aired, it emerged the federal government had questioned ABC board members and its managing director over whether the episode was in the public interest. I'm not aware of any untoward pressure on the ABC specifically not to publish but any contact I think becomes difficult.". A Four Corners investigation discussed concerns in Canberra over the alleged behaviour of Mr Porter and fellow senior Coalition minister Alan Tudge. I obviously wouldn't write that now and it is something I regret," Porter said in response. Former Liberal staffer Rachelle Miller, who was at the same bar with her former boss and then-lover, coalition minister Alan Tudge, witnessed the interaction and said Mr Porter’s behaviour towards one woman was “clearly intimate”.
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