Your tone-deaf ABC hire Grace Tame
June 2, 2026 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Former Australian of Year Grace Tame has been hired by the ABC to showcase a four-episodes podcast on autism.
Grace Tame (Facebook)
She has in recent months has called to “globalise the intifada” and told the ABC that reports of brutal sexual attacks on Jewish women perpetrated during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 had been debunked.
The CEO of the Autralian Jewish Association Robert Gregory said: “I thought the ABC announcement was a joke. I simply could not believe that Australia’s public broadcaster could be so tone-deaf.”
He added: “Tame was condemned across the political spectrum and has publicly complained about difficulties obtaining speaking engagements following her comments but it appears that nothing is too outrageous for the ABC. The question Australians should be asking is simple: with so many talented and respected people available, why did the ABC choose Grace Tame?T
This decision demonstrates a profound lack of judgment and a disregard for the concerns of many Australians, particularly within the Jewish community. It reinforces the growing perception that ABC management is increasingly out of touch with the communities it is supposed to serve. ABC would have been aware of the distress this decision would cause to many Australians, and it therefore seems designed to generate controversy.”
Gregory said that Australian taxpayers fund an organisation whose “decisions and content many Australians find deeply objectionable.”
