ABC directors have raised concerns about a potential conflict of interest on the board of the public broadcaster, after one of its most recently appointed members accepted a position linked to one of its technology suppliers, Telstra.
, a move designed to prevent Chinese interests from acquiring the telco amid heightened national security concerns.Some members of the ABC board believe the appointment is a conflict of interest because the ABC has contracts in place with Telstra and believe Balfour should resign. Others on the ABC board disagree.
This masthead is not suggesting Balfour is in breach of her board duties or that a conflict of interest has been substantiated. Only that some concerns exist at board level about her position. Unlike Tonagh and D’Orazio, Balfour was put on the board by former communications minister Paul Fletcher, who tabled the reasons for her appointment in parliament.
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