The government has also announced a full inquiry
The prime minister has launched an unprecedented attack on the ABC over the decision to replay Monday's controversial Q&A episode, saying "heads should roll over this".
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Tony Abbott said he was not satisfied with the response by ABC managing director Mark Scott and that there would now be a full inquiry.
"Here we had the ABC admitting a gross error of judgement and then compounding that terrible mistake, that betrayal, if you like of our country... now, frankly heads should roll over this," he said.
"I've had a good discussion with the communications minister Malcolm Turnbull, I know he had a strong representation to the ABC. We've announced that we are not satisfied with an internal ABC inquiry because so often we've seen virtual whitewashes when that sort of thing happens."
"There is going to be an urgent government inquiry with recommendations, and frankly the ABC ought to take some very strong action straightaway."
The incident which sparked the controversy involved former terror suspect Zaky Mallah, who claimed parliamentary secretary Steve Ciobo's comments encouraged people to fight for ISIS.
An ABC spokesperson responded to BuzzFeed News with a one line statement:
"The government has announced a review and the ABC will cooperate as required."