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Ita Buttrose shares the real reason she stepped down as ABC chairperson after five years: 'You have to know when you need to step aside'


Ita Buttrose is set to step down from her role as chair of the ABC this week, with the media veteran revealing on Sunday the real reason she's given up the top job.

Ita Buttrose, 82, (pictured) is set to step down from her role as chair of the ABC this week, with the media veteran revealing on Sunday the real reason she's given up the top job 'She navigated the public broadcaster through a challenging period that included strident political criticism, the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing transformation of the ABC so it can remain an essential part of Australian life in the digital age.' Williams - a former AFL commissioner and one-time chief of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Australia and Foxtel empires - was named as the new head of the public broadcaster in January.

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