The ‘relentless years’: ABC has shaken off culture of fear created by external pressure, Hugh Marks tells supporters

Under his leadership the ABC is ‘bold, confident, ambitious and focused on the future’, Hugh Marks has said. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

The ABC was racked by a culture of fear after “relentless years” of external pressure when Hugh Marks took over as managing director six months ago, he has told an ABC Friends event.

“The first thing I found was that there was fear, that people were fearful of making decisions, that people were fearful of making mistakes,” Marks told the ABC supporters at the Sydney dinner.