Nauru Govt says Q&A is a wakeup call for ABC bias and unethical reporting
The Government of Nauru says it is not
surprised by the controversy surrounding the ABC's Q&A program
because the national broadcaster clearly has a biased left-wing
agenda.
The Government recently complained to ABC
managing director Mark Scott over an edition of the 7:30 program
but received no reply. The program aired unsubstantiated and false
accusations that Nauruan Justice Minister David Adeang, a single
father of seven, attempted to hinder investigations into the death
of his wife.
Mr Adeang said he was "offended and
speechless" at the program's insensitive questioning of his wife's
accidental death which left him and his children traumatised,
labelling it "a new low in Australian
journalism".
The minister said the program, which
featured a former ABC staff member and other Australians who lost
their jobs in Nauru after the Government clamped down on corrupt
practices, was based solely on disproved claims of these
disgruntled former government employees and Nauru Opposition
MPs.
"It is clear the ABC is conspiring with
the Nauru Opposition to destabilise the Government of
Nauru."
He said the ABC has been reporting lies
and ignoring the facts around Nauru for a long time, and is using
Nauru as a "punching bag" to achieve it's real agenda which is to
attack the Australian Government.
The minister said it is "unprecedented for
an Australian media organisation to interfere in the domestic
politics of another country."
"The Australian Government, which funds
the ABC, should launch an immediate investigation into the
unethical relationship between its journalists, its former staff
member and the Nauru Opposition."
Mr Adeang is currently pursuing defamation
action against the ABC and those
involved.