ABC Patricia Karvelas 'cautioned' for calling Indigenous Affairs Ministers ... trends now

ABC Patricia Karvelas 'cautioned' for calling Indigenous Affairs Ministers ... trends now
ABC Patricia Karvelas 'cautioned' for calling Indigenous Affairs Ministers ... trends now

ABC Patricia Karvelas 'cautioned' for calling Indigenous Affairs Ministers ... trends now

An ABC radio host has been 'cautioned' about being 'biased over an old social media post where she called the current Indigenous Affairs minister a 'legend'. 

ABC Radio National host ­Patricia Karvelas shared a selfie to Twitter alongside Indigenous Affairs Minister Linda Burney on the night of last year's federal election on May 21. 

'This woman is a legend and looks like she will be the next Indigenous Affairs minister #UluruStatement,' Ms Karvelas wrote. 

The post remains on the radio host's Twitter account and as of Sunday had received more than 300 retweets and 5,700 likes.

Liberal Senator Sarah Henderson questioned ABC's Managing Director David Anderson in November about whether the post breached the network's personal use of social media code. 

ABC Radio National host ­Patricia Karvelas (left) was cautioned for being biased after sharing a selfie calling Indigenous Affairs Minister Linda Burney (right) a 'legend' on Twitter on the night of the federal election in 2022

ABC Radio National host ­Patricia Karvelas (left) was cautioned for being biased after sharing a selfie calling Indigenous Affairs Minister Linda Burney (right) a 'legend' on Twitter on the night of the federal election in 2022

The broadcaster's code requires employees not to 'damage the ABC's reputation for impartiality and independence' when using social media. 

Mr Anderson told the Senate Estimates hearing that he did not believe the post breached the ABC's code. 

'I don't think it (the post) suggests that there was political bias there at all,' Mr Anderson said. 

However, the ABC admitted on Sunday it had 'cautioned' Ms Karvelas following her Twitter post but due to 'privacy considerations' did not 'disclose the detail of confidential staff reviews of investigations', The Australian reported. 

Senator Henderson on Sunday criticised the ABC's response and claimed the network did not confirm whether it agreed with Mr Anderson's evidence.  

 '[The ABC] refused to confirm if it stands by Mr Anderson's ­evidence that this tweet does not breach the ABC's social media code,' Ms Henderson said. 

'The ABC is clearly trying to cover up what happened here. If there's no issue with Ms Karvelas' tweet as Mr Anderson claimed, why was she cautioned?'

The ABC gave staff a stern warning about the use of social media in 2021 after the public broadcaster faced several defamation cases involving senior journalists. 

The public broadcaster was questioned over Ms Karvelas' (pictured) Twitter post and whether it breached the ABC's social media code, which requires employees not to 'damage the ABC's reputation for impartiality and independence'

The public broadcaster was questioned over Ms Karvelas' (pictured) Twitter post and whether it breached the ABC's social media code, which requires employees not to 'damage the ABC's reputation for impartiality and independence'

It comes after Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney was called out by Karvelas over an 'outright lie' when she made the extraordinary claim on the radio host's show that the Voice to Parliament would have prevented Alice Springs' crime wave.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ms Burney flew to Alice Springs on January 24 to introduce an alcohol sales ban.

Mr Albanese and Ms Burney made the emergency visit after heavy criticism from the Opposition and locals about a 300 per cent surge in crime since

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