When Aunty met Larry it was not a happy union, and staff don’t Wiggle about the bush
Tell us about the Liberals’ issues with women. AB C 7. 30, September 11:
Host Leigh Sales: The public still has been given no answer as to why the Liberal Party needed to change prime ministers … Can I ask first of all about the Liberal Party’s issues with women?
Tell us about Aunty’s issues with women? ABC News, September 24:
ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie says she is “devastated” … after being sacked just 2½ years into her five-year term … (She was the first female managing director of the ABC. ABC chairman Justin Milne) was reluctant to explain what led to the decision …
When Aunty met Larry, it was not a happy union. Amanda Meade, Guardian Australia, September 4:
The latest Utopia-style move from managing director Michelle Guthrie … (asks staff) to improve morale by thanking each other with cheesy cards featuring a character called Larry. If one of Aunty’s … staff has been an “awesome” employee they may receive one of a range of bespoke cards: a People Focused Larry card, an Open & Transparent Larry card, a Straight Talking Larry card or an Accountable Larry card … (The union representative said staff) felt they were being treated like toddlers … One staffer told the Guardian: “It’s like The Wiggles for grown-ups. I mean, who the f..k is Larry? I have no idea what they’re thinking upstairs. Weirdos.”
Touting for Gloating Larry? Broede Carmody, The Age, September 24:
ABC presenter Jon Faine has ripped into Michelle Guthrie’s legacy … minutes after it was announced the ABC board had shown Guthrie the door … (saying) “Most of us were excited that a woman … was going to be at the helm … It’s an astonishing fail on her part.”
Touting for Straight-Tweeting and Deleting Larry. ABC talkback host Rafael Epstein tweets and then deletes, September 24:
Blather about diversity is bullshit.
How green was my hypocrisy? Damian Carrington, The Guardian, September 21:
The globe-trotting travels of the UN’s environment chief have been sharply criticised in a draft internal audit as “contrary to the ethos of carbon emission reduction”. Erik Solheim, executive director of UN Environment, was travelling for 529 out of the 668 days audited, spending $488,518 … Solheim’s frequent flying … included a weekend trip from the US to France and back … (Solheim said) people should not have a “guilty conscience” about flying and said he held gold frequent flyer cards at all three major airline alliances. “This is simply embarrassing,” said Truls Gulowsen, head of Greenpeace in Norway … (Solheim said:) “they must stop treating me as if I am a … factory worker ”.
Don’t buy Zara, just wear Armani twice. Jess Cartner-Morley, The Guardian, September 24:
(The Green Carpet awards are the Oscars of sustainable fashion, said organiser Livia Firth, wife of actor Colin Firth, who uses) … glamour to mainstream sustainability. Julianne Moore and Cate Blanchett travelled to Milan to join Anna Wintour and Cindy Crawford for a ceremony for which statuettes are crafted from Fairmined-certified ethical gold … (At the Cannes film festival this year Blanchett broke with red carpet tradition by wearing a) … Giorgio Armani gown … (she wore) in 2014 … Firth believes the biggest barrier to sustainability … (is fast fashion, saying:) “the owners of stores like Zara are multimillionaires … (because) we buy too much crap”.