Liberal MP complains to ABC managing director about Tony Armstrong’s satire special

Liberal party MP Melissa McIntosh has complained to the ABC about Tony Armstrong’s one-off special Always Was Tonight, which the broadcaster described as ‘creative, insightful and sometimes challenging’. Photograph: Eugene Hyland/The Guardian

The opposition has complained to the ABC over Tony Armstrong’s one-off special, which took aim at colonialism and racism against Indigenous Australians.

The shadow communications minister, Melissa McIntosh, has sent a letter of complaint to the ABC managing director, Hugh Marks, demanding a full investigation into Always Was Tonight, a satirical news program that aired on the broadcaster on 21 January.