7.30 report axed Quentin Dempster sacked

[colic2bullsgirlore]

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/abc-sacks-quentin-dempster-20141128-11voj4.html

When veteran ABC broadcaster, Quentin Dempster, says "bye-bye" in his Queensland, boy-from-the-bush way next Friday night, it will be for the last time.

After more than 30 years with the national public broadcaster, Dempster told viewers on Friday night that he plans to go out with a "bang".

"Next Friday will be the final edition of 7.30 NSW," he said. 

"I will be leaving the ABC after 30 years to return to the private sector. It has been an honour to work with Australia's great and unique public broadcaster."

The ABC is abolishing local TV current affairs programs including 7.30 NSW.

"I think the ABC is making a big mistake in axing these shows and will have to revisit the deficiency in future years," Dempster said.

Within two hours of ABC managing director Mark Scott's announcement to staff on Monday that 400 jobs would be lost around the country, director of news, Kate Torney, called Dempster into her office to tell him he had no future role at the ABC.

"I will be among 300 staff retrenched in the first round of the ABC's cuts," he said. 

[alexander*beetle]

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@aps1080 wrote:

The CEO is certainly making a hash of things with what he is cutting.

I think he might have been better off cutting some of the fat from other places first before programs, except that wouldn't go with his Agenda of making Abbott look bad.

Still a bloated, left wing spokesgroup and always will be until it is gutted and rebuilt. 5% wasn't a big enough cut.

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Scott was appointed by the liberal party, as was Janet Albrechtson, Neil Brown. Numerous independent investigations have proved that there is no bias on reporting on the ABC. 

Just because Murdoch says it is biased, doesn't mean it is. What would you prefer, reporting on issues or opinion on issues? This is where the ABC stands aside in today's media in Australia. People have become so used to the rags that give opinions on stories and tell you what to think, that anything else that is reported is seen as bias. You only have to look at the headlines before the last election to witness that. 

[aps1080]

The abc is bias and has been found to be so.

It is still a flat, bloated organisation that could be run much leaner if it wasnt so job for life

[boris1gary]

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@aps1080 wrote:
The abc is bias and has been found to be so.

It is still a flat, bloated organisation that could be run much leaner if it wasnt so job for life

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actually that is incorrect but never let the truth get in the way of a tall tale.

[aps1080]

Which part. Bias or bloated ?

Either way, they are a leftie orientated organisation and while the opportunity is avilable to pull them back, defund them, cut them off at the knees, very opportunity should be taken to do so. The harder we cut the longer it will take them to get back up.

[freshwater-2]

The 7.30 Report HAS NOT BEEN AXED.

Only the individual state-based Friday Night edition has been axed. 

[myoclon1cjerk]

Australian newspapers should be owned by Australians.Not right-wing foreigners.They should be chopped off at the knees and made to divest. 🙂

[cherry*135]

It is still a flat, bloated organisation.

eww

[aps1080]

He was an australian.

[myoclon1cjerk]

Was.

[fourandsixpants]

"In 1992, Dempster was awarded the Order of Australia for services to the media, "particularly in the fields of journalism and current affairs".

Ten years later, he was honoured with a Walkley Award for the "most outstanding contribution to journalism".

.....a fine way to treat a great Aussie journo.....