ABC defence correspondent Andrew Greene quits after failure to disclose junket | Australian media
A senior journalist in ABC resigned two months after the public broadcaster’s media clock program expressed concerns about the potential conflict of interest in a press addict.
Andrew Greene has been a defense reporter for the last 10 years since he joined ABC in 2010.
In June, ABC confirmed that Greene offers a story about a German ship builder Thyssenkrupp Naval Systems and that it went to the courtesy of the company, which he hoped to earn profitable Australian navy contracts.
A emerging media monitoring program watched Greene opened a story For ABC Radio’s The World today, the business exploded in German shipyards.
The report, which has been transferred since then, could not explain that the journalist was the guest of the defense company.
As a public publisher, ABC does not accept the journey paid by the subject of the report as it may create a potential conflict of interest.
The staff was informed by an internal E -mail development seen by Guardian Australia from Canberra Bureau on Monday evening.
“I want to report that Andrew Greene resigned from ABC,” he read.
“We thank Andrew for his great contribution to ABC and the audience, including perfect reports as a national security and defense reporter, and we wish him the best.
“ABC maintains the importance of supporting Editorial and other policies.”
In June, ABC said that the allegations were “serious ve and that“ if proven, any behavior can be unacceptable and abuse ”.
Greene’s report on June 11, “Northern Germany said that the military orders in Northern German military orders, he said. Global strategic tensions increasingly exploded,” he said. He hadn’t presented a story since June 12.
According to Media Watch, ABC did not know that Greene had never been to Germany. He opened the story when he returned personally.
The same international press Junket was taken by Matthew Knott of Sydney Morning Herald, a national security reporter. KNOTT’s report announced that he visited Germany with the permission of TKMS [ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems]”.
This month, the Australian government confirmed that Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries beat the German rival to the contract to build a new warship fleet of Australia.
The German company, which was previously branded as Thyssenkrupp Naval Systems, was taken into consideration for the TKMS agreement, but the Meko A-200 ship was best considered to be the second to the Japanese model, including concerns about the timeline and ships for delivery.
Defense reporters closely followed the developments.
ABC approved another trip to Greene, a foreign press center, a non -profit -free non -profit organization, hosted by Japan last year and opened three reports.
ABC spokesman did not answer the question of whether Greene’s resignation was related to media watch reports.
Greene was approached for a comment.
