Following calls from Prime Minister Tony Abbott that 'heads should roll', the executive producer of Q&A has received a formal warning over the controversial appearance of former terror suspect, Zaky Mallah. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the ABC Board said Mallah should have been precluded from the program's audience 'given his criminal background and past public statements'. The board reviewed Monday's episode after Mallah clashed with parliamentary secretary Steve Ciobo about proposed changes to citizenship laws. 'Given his criminal background and past public statements, the live broadcast meant that the ABC was not in a position to manage unpredictable or inappropriate actions or responses.'The ABC's Board has formally warned executive producer, Peter McEvoyThis comes after terror suspect Zaky Mallah was allowed on Q&AThe board said Mallah should have been cut given his criminal backgroundMallah clashed with parliamentary secretary Steve Ciobo about citizenshipHe was the first Australian charged under anti-terror laws back in 2005An independant review into the ABC will be carried out by television journalist Ray Martin and former SBS managing director Shaun Brown
He labelled the decision to re-broadcast Monday's _ program 'utterly incomprehensible'. 'Here we had the _ admitting a gross error of judgment and then compounding that terrible mistake, that betrayal, if you like, of our country,' Mr Abbott told reporters on Thursday. _, in 2005, was cleared of terrorism related charges involving a suicide attack on a commonwealth building.