Managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) David Anderson has apologised to journalist Stan Grant after he stepped away from his role as host of the Q&A program, citing exhaustion with persistent racial abuse.
“Stan has our full support. And he has always had our full support,” Anderson wrote in an email to ABC staff. “Stan makes an enormous contribution to conversations of national importance.”
Grant made the decision to leave Q&A last week after racism against him intensified following his involvement in the public broadcaster’s coverage of the King’s coronation.
The veteran correspondent was invited to participate in an ABC TV discussion on coronation day, during which he pointed out that the crown represents the invasion and theft of Aboriginal land….