Chair Ita Buttrose offers half-hearted apology over controversial broadcast

AML campaign chair Eric Abetz said at the time, “Knowing there would be a huge audience for the coronation it appears the occasion was deliberately used to pursue an agenda to denigrate the constitutional monarchy which has served Australia so exceptionally well for well over a century”.

The ABC faced complaints from other monarchist groups and negative commentary from News Corp outlets following the coverage. But the ABC Ombudsman found the broadcast did not breach editorial…