Australia’s Nine Network is under fire after claims its past management ignored sexual harassment complaints and failed to take action over TV star Don Burke.
Burke was the host of Nine’s hit TV gardening programme Burke’s Backyard, which ran throughout the 1980s and 1990s on Channel Nine.
Reports this week by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Fairfax Media have accused Burke of numerous accounts of indecent assault, sexual harassment and bullying during his nearly 17 years at the network.
The reports included claims by a number of people that Nine Network management turned a blind eye and failed Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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