Ita Buttrose puts Chris Kenny in his place as Sky News’s ABC doco draws blanks

Chris Kenny talking to Its Buttrose at the ABC’s Andrew Olle Media lecture. Photograph: Amanda Meade/The Guardian

Ita Buttrose singled out Sky News presenter Chris Kenny during her Andrew Olle address last week, scolding him for saying she was too old when she was appointed to chair the ABC, aged 77, in 2019.

“I know a bit about career obstacles,” Buttrose said as she glared at Kenny, who was on the Sky News table at the ABC function. “There was always a reason for someone to say no. I was either too young or too old. When I was appointed chair of the ABC, too old. Thank you Chris Kenny.”