Gamilaroi woman Brooke Boney says she is "not surprised" at the findings of an internal review of Australia's national broadcaster which found staff had been subjected to racial slurs and passed up for career opportunities because of their backgrounds.
The former ABC presenter, who became known for using the Gamilaroi greeting Yaama during her time at ABC's Triple J from 2016 to 2018, took to Instagram to comment on the findings handed down on Tuesday.
Ms Boney left the ABC in 2019 and was appointed entertainment reporter for Channel Nine's Today program.
Ms Boney eventually became a host before tearfully standing down earlier this year after being awarded a prestigious Charlie Perkins scholarship to study a Masters of Public Policy at Oxford University.
"Not surprised by this unfortunately," Ms Boney said on her Instagram story, which featured a video of ABC managing director David Anderson.
"I heard some pretty awful comments an ABC employee made about my Oxford offer very recently and whether or not I'd been offered it on merit."
The 37-year-old then added: "If they're willing to say that publicly they're willing to bully Aboriginal staff."
Ms Boney graduated with a Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) from the University of technology Sydney after working in community radio as an advertising cadet at the Australian Financial Review.
She produced the Blackchat program on Sydney's Koori Radio whilst undertaking her degree, with her hosting style, laid back persona and passion for Indigenous rights lauded by the wider community before her resignation.
Her moving comments about January 26 in 2019, where she noted she couldn't separate her love for the "best country in the world" with the fact her "brothers are more likely to go to jail than they are to go to school," received widespread praise, and predictable racist backlash.
The ABC review found "racism exists within the ABC workplace," and stated: "ABC staff are subjected to racism from external individuals and organisations in connection with their work".
Led by lawyer and Wuthathi, Yadhaigana and Meriam woman, Terri Janke, the Listen Loudly, Act Strongly report spoke to 120 current and former ABC staff to hear their experiences of racism at work.
Only one participant in the report said they had not personally experienced racism at the ABC.
It was commissioned after several high-profile departures from the public broadcaster.
This included Wiradjuri man Stan Grant, who cited an "institutional failure" from the ABC to respond and deal with racist abuse, both from the wider community and internally the broadcaster.
