The ABC of tokenism
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
People are dying, hospitals are working flat out, a million people have lost their jobs and Australian business is being destroyed - but the ABC is safe from all that, expecting an all-staff pay-rise in a matter of weeks.
While most people’s jobs are on the line, an ABC middle manager has decided the real priority is to worry about diversity quotas - or to put it crudely, making sure there’s enough coloured people in the news footage.
A memo that went to all staff this afternoon: