Q+A host Stan Grant standing down from ABC show after racist abuse

The ABC presenter says he’s been a media target for racism and for now he’s ‘walking away’

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The host of Q+A Stan Grant is standing down from the show after receiving racist abuse which has increased since he spoke on the ABC panel about the coronation.

Grant said in a column published on the ABC website that after Monday he was “walking away”.