ABC staff leaves job in solidarity with Q&A host Stan Grant as he leaves show for racist trolling: ‘I stand with Stan’
ABC employees across Australia have walked out in solidarity with Q&A presenter Stan Grant and protest against racism.
Dozens of national broadcaster staff gathered outside Parliament House, Canberra, around 2:30pm on Tuesday outside its headquarters in Ultimo, Sydney.
ABC staff also marched across the country, with staff gathering outside Parliament House in Canberra and the broadcaster’s headquarters in Melbourne’s Southbank.
ABC staffer Dee Jefferson confirmed in a tweet that workers would stage a walkout.
ABC staff (pictured) organized a walkout in solidarity with Q&A host Stan Grant on Monday afternoon
ABC staffer Dee Jefferson said, “Stan’s experience of racial abuse is shared by so many colleagues. Listening is the smallest part of what we can do to clean up this mess.”
“ABC employees are walking out this afternoon to support Stan,” she wrote.
Stan’s experience of racial abuse is shared by so many colleagues. Listening is the smallest part of what we can do to clean up this mess.”
Fellow ABC presenter Patricia Karvelas tweeted this afternoon with the words ‘#istandwithstan #werejectracism’.
Dana Morse, ABC’s federal political reporter, said, “Enough is enough.”
Ex-SBS journalist and Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) union organizer Tyron Butson tweeted several photos of ABC staff standing outside offices with signs reading “I stand with Stan” and “We reject racism” .
“Great to see a huge member of ABC Ultimo come out and say #werejectracism and declare #istandwithstan that Australian media and society need to do better,” Butson wrote.
ABC’s federal political reporter shared the above image of staff gathered outside Parliament House in Canberra with the caption, “Enough is enough.”