The ABC’s deputy chair, Peter Tonagh, has resigned from the national broadcaster in a shock Christmas announcement.
Mr Tonagh’s departure was detailed in a statement on the broadcaster’s website on Christmas Eve.
ABC chair Kim Williams said Mr Tonagh had provided his resignation from the ABC Board to the Governor General and would cease his duties as deputy chair of the board.
He had informed Communications minister Michelle Rowland of the move and said Mr Tonagh had made a ‘valuable contribution to the effective running of the ABC’ since his appointment to the board in May 2021.
Mr Tonagh said he was ‘very grateful’ for the opportunity to have served on the ABC board.
He was also supportive of the the appointment of Hugh Marks as the broadcaster’s next managing director from 10 March 2025.
He thought the ABC had been ‘well served’ by its departing managing director David Anderson.
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Mr Tonagh said he was ‘very grateful’ for the opportunity to have served on the ABC board
ABC chair Kim Williams said Mr Tonagh had provided his resignation from the ABC Board to the Governor General and would cease his duties as deputy chair of the board
