Furious letter from Prime Minister Roger Cook to ABC chairman Ita Buttrose complaining about the behavior of a Four Corners camera crew at the residence of the Woodside CEO

The Western Australian premier has written an angry letter to ABC chairman Ita Buttrose, berating the national broadcaster over the behavior of a camera crew outside the home of an oil and gas company CEO.

Three members of the Disupt Burrup Hub group were charged on Tuesday after attempts to protest outside the home of Woodside boss Meg O’Neill in Perth, who reportedly arrived with an ABC camera crew.

The trio were arrested before they could carry out an alleged plan to spray paint Mrs. O’Neill’s house and trap one of them on the property.

The protesters were joined outside the City Beach residence by a television crew and a journalist filming for ABC’s premier current affairs program, Four Corners.

Mr Cook wrote that he hoped the national broadcaster would ‘reflect on the part it has played in this matter’

In a letter to ABC chairman Ita Buttrose on Thursday, WA Premier Roger Cook condemned the network for the camera crew’s “morally wrong” presence at Ms O’Neil’s home, according to the Western Australian.

The Prime Minister said it was “doubtful” that the activists would have targeted Ms O’Neill’s residence “if your TV crew were not on hand to publicize such appalling actions”, which he said had “encouraged the attack ‘.

“Knowingly or unknowingly, the ABC was complicit,” he wrote.

Mr Cook said that while he understands the ‘vital role the news media play in a healthy democracy’, the fact that the camera crew visited the private home of a WA citizen to document alleged criminal acts was ’cause of great concern and morale wrong’ was. .

He urged the national broadcaster to ‘think about the role it played in this’.

“I believe we must unite against this kind of behavior and denounce it,” he wrote.

“I hope the ABC agrees and sends a clear message to your employees.”

Mr Cook (pictured) branded the alleged protesters ‘extremists’

The scorching criticism came just a day after Cook labeled the protesters “extremists seeking to terrorize Ms O’Neill and her family” and called ABC executive David Anderson to express his concerns.

“This activity, these actions are simply unacceptable and not on, and they must stop,” he said on Wednesday.

The Western Australian reported that the ABC had refused to condemn the protesters’ actions.

The national broadcaster released a statement on Wednesday saying Four Corners had received a tip leading them to the address “just before” the activists arrived and was unaware that it was a private residence.

The ABC denied that his crew “colluded with the activists” in any way.

But Mr Cook said in his letter it was “difficult to understand how a TV crew could not understand how their presence in a private home only emboldened these activists”.

The ABC said in a statement that it denied the camera crew “colluded with the activists” in any way (Photo: ABC Chairman Ita Buttrose)

A Woodside executive said the company’s boss is shocked by the alleged protest attempt.

During a Senate inquiry Friday looking into the rising cost of living, Woodside’s executive vice president, Mark Abbotsford, said Ms. O’Neill was safe after the incident, but she was distressed by the events.

“There is a line and I think that line has been crossed,” Mr Abbotsford told the inquiry.

“She deserves better, like all of us, to be home and feel safe in our own home, so it’s a very disappointing escalation.”

Daily Mail Australia has contacted the ABC for comment.