as the day developed it is said she was not good at managing her relationship with the government, once again leaks will show us some of the truth in the next few weeks

runner,

Good point. There has never been a female heading the ABC before. The closest was a female chair. Anyway, it is clear that their first try with a female didn't end well.

Idealists will never be effective managers.

This sacking could perhaps be security related- given her Hong Kong links. This would possibly be a job for Armchair Critic.

This is not rocket science folks.

Guthrie went in hard over the budget cuts. The government were not pleased and the relationship between it and the MD soured. Because of the mostly independent governance of the ABC their only potent leverage to show that displeasure was through further denying funding.

The board obviously felt that the relationship had become problematic and would likely result in increased budgetary pressure so 'in the best interests of the corporation' the MD was turfed.

We will have to see if the next one 'behaves'.

Thanks Steele Redux.