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The ABC is worth fighting for! We are former employees of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation who believe passionately in the need for a fearless and independent national broadcaster as a vital part of Australian democracy ABC Alumni believes a strong public service broadcaster is essential in a healthy democracy. We…Continue reading “About”

2May 20216 May 2021

Ghosts Can’t Sue

The three-part investigation of the 1979 Luna Park Ghost Train fire by the ABC’s Exposed team reminded Jonathan Holmes of…

Quotable Quotes

“Regional Australia would be Siberia without the ABC” – Tim Fischer, ABC 7.30, 27 March 2019

It’s your ABC – fight for it!

11 May 202113 May 2021

The year’s first major public rally in support of the ABC was held in federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s Kooyong electorate in Melbourne on Saturday night, 8 May. Organised by ABC…

ABC Programs…

Ghosts Can’t Sue

2 May 20216 May 2021

The three-part investigation of the 1979 Luna Park Ghost Train fire by the ABC’s Exposed team reminded Jonathan Holmes of the time almost forty years ago when Four Corners took…

ABC Leaders Speaking Out

17 Mar 202121 Apr 2021

ABC managing director David Anderson has strongly defended the ABC and its role as an independent public broadcaster in a wide-ranging speech delivered at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Pointing…

No Google ad dollars for the ABC

6 Mar 202125 Apr 2021

Quentin Dempster discusses potential risks of the ABC entering into precedent-setting commercial relationships with online providers. Will it, he asks, make it easier for any hostile future federal government to…

Alumni Articles

2021: Here we go again!

15 Jan 202125 Apr 2021

If Australians had to make a choice of greater trust between Dr Janet Albrechtsen of News Corp and the IPA or Dr Norman Swan and the ABC, is there any…

Farewell Janie Lalor

7 Dec 202025 Apr 2021

Janie Lalor was an ABC legend; a highly skilled director and producer who made thousands of television shows for the ABC during a 40-year career. As importantly, she made thousands…

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This is the year that was. The ABC in 2020

1 Dec 202025 Apr 2021

It is to the ABC’s credit that despite ongoing budget cuts, debilitating staff losses, attacks from government and right-wing lobby groups, and a dollop of controversy, our much-loved major public…

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Ita takes on ABC critics

12 Nov 202021 Apr 2021

ABC Chair Ita Buttrose has spoken out strongly against ABC detractors in a wide-ranging speech delivered to the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation . Ms Buttrose said the ABC is…

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ABC & the digital dilemma: what’s next?

19 Oct 202025 Apr 2021

The ABC has historically been flexible with the technologies it uses to transmit its content to consumers. Today’s technology landscape is changing faster than ever and the ABC must continue…

Alumni Articles…

China, media freedom and rebuilding Australia’s voice in the Asia Pacific

30 Sep 202025 Apr 2021

Jemima Garrett and Sue Ahearn of eminent Asia Pacific media group AAPMI argue that if the ABC is to grasp new opportunities it needs to lobby in Canberra with innovative…