ABC chairman Kim Williams said he sent an email to broadcast management that criticized regional broadcasters for refusing to interview comedian Austen Tayshus for being "inappropriate" but he denied guiding coverage.

ABC media viewer revealed Monday night that Williams intervened on behalf of the comedian, whose real name was Sandy Gutman, no less than five times.

Once, when Gutman forwarded the chair to an email link between him and the ABC producer, Williams complained to his manager that ABC staff members were “often proud of the talent.”

Williams wrote to the director of regional, rural and subway news for audio directors Ben Latimer and Donna Field, “Sandy (again) I am essentially him.” “Our people are often full of talent.

Gutman set a hot record in 1983, and his move hoped to promote regional pubs in New South Wales but was hit by a station on the ground at his entertainment venue.

He claimed he was rejected because he had no "specific parameters that fit them". The 70-year-old has been strangled to death in recent years for political correctness.

Williams told Linton Besser's media watch hosted by the media that he "refers to my deputy's attitude when dealing with talent." "Reflection is inappropriate," he said.

The chairman said he did call or email Latimer multiple times, but he “has not attempted to impose actions or results on any editorial manager.”

"If there are misunderstandings or false assumptions in the process, I really regret that they may have appeared," he said.

Williams said he respects ABC editorial staff and ABC editorial policies.

“I understand my own role and how different it is from the roles of the managing director and his senior leadership team and the obligations that are placed to us separately,” he said.

ABC managing director Hugh Marks, who joined the company in March, said the matters raised by Media Watch are important.

“I have been with ABC for a short time, but I am on guard to ensure that responsibilities are correctly defined between the board of directors and management and will take appropriate action to ensure that we move forward to ABC, its people and audiences in the best interests of.”

Since July last year, Gutman has received more than 90 minutes of free publicity in no less than 11 market segments.

Apart from emails, Williams called Latimer after Gutman made baseless charges, because he was Jewish and was denied interviews. Williams said he took anti-Semitism very seriously and he knew the sensitivity around him.

Latimer reportedly passed the news but eventually told Gutman that any future requests for call time must be made through a local radio manager.

"All I expected was some help from interviews, and that's what I got from him and Ben Latimer," Gutman told the media.

The ABC Media Entertainment and Arts Coalition Commission Committee requested ABC staff to tell them in a confidential investigation whether they knew about the Chairman's editorial intervention.

"Today, your MEAA representative has heard further about the Chairman's report on the editorial process and the House Committee needs to receive your letter to understand the extent of the issue," the staff member was told in an email Tuesday.

Matthew Ricketson, a professor of communications at Deakin University and author of a book about ABC, said the board of directors is not usually involved in operations.

"These are management issues; management operations; the board of directors oversees actions," Rickson told Australia's Guardian. "This is the general line of boundaries."

Williams was appointed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in January 2024 and took over from Ita Buttrose in March last year.