ABC Funding… ABC’s 2020-2021 annual report released 21 Oct 202122 Oct 2021 The ABC has just released its 2020-2021 annual report. The public broadcaster’s achievements during this period have been many, from outstanding emergency reporting on bushfires, floods and the COVID-19 pandemic…
ABC Funding… It’s your ABC – fight for it! 11 May 202117 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 Funding… 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…
ABC Funding… No Google ad dollars for the ABC 6 Mar 202117 May 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…
ABC Funding… Les Miserables – Killing the ABC in a time of national emergency 16 Sep 202017 May 2021 The ABC is rightly proud of the profound trust from audiences evident through the bushfire and pandemic national emergencies, but its paymaster, the Morrison government, has not responded to ABC…
ABC Funding… Menzies’ wisdom still relevant for international broadcasting 3 Dec 201919 May 2021 As the ABC celebrates 80 years of international broadcasting, ABC Alumni director Helen Grasswill looks back on the strategic diplomatic and security benefits the ABC's international service has provided since…
ABC Funding… Few Hopeful Signs in Asia Pacific Broadcast Review 1 Oct 201917 May 2021 The Federal Government has quietly published the report of its review of Australian broadcasting services in Asia and the Pacific. The Government agreed to the review two years ago, raising…
ABC Funding… Kerry O’Brien defends the ABC and calls out media ‘failures’ in impassioned Logies speech 2 Jul 201921 Apr 2021 Kerry O’Brien warns the ABC is being punished because of ‘ideological obsession’Veteran journalist Kerry O’Brien warns the ABC is being punished because of an “ideological obsession”, in an impassioned Logies…
ABC Funding… ‘Prefer to pay nothing’: ABC boss plans to end $4m deal with Foxtel 21 Jun 201921 Apr 2021 ‘Prefer to pay nothing’: ABC boss plans to end $4m deal with FoxtelThe ABC is in talks with News Corp’s Foxtel to end a $4 million-a-year deal allowing Australians to…
ABC Funding… Ad regulations, ABC funding, and media ownership: here’s how the parties’ policies stack up this election 13 May 201921 Apr 2021 Ad regulations, ABC funding, and media ownership: here’s how the parties’ policies stack up this electionAs we hurtle towards election day, Mumbrella’s Brittney Rigby asked the various political parties and…
