Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The ABC has angered the prime minister and its own communications minister, who ordered his department to conduct a review of editorial standards. Managing director Mark Scott has responded, saying ABC is a public broadcaster, not a state broadcaster.

It’s been accused of not inviting enough conservative guests, but the ABC talk show where the public confronts the nation’s elite — along with compulsory voting and community campaigns on gender equity and social justice — have helped boost Australia into the top 10 nations on a BCG measure of improved sustainable wellbeing.