ABC Funding No-one is talking about ABC funding in this election campaign. Here’s why they should be 29 Apr 202230 Apr 2022 Communication Minister Paul Fletcher’s claim that the Morrison government “has provided strong and consistent support to the ABC” has been labelled “a breathtakingly misleading statement” by four academics who have…
ABC Funding… campaign video: triple J unearthed 27 Apr 20229 May 2022 Ann Chesterman warns that without adequate ABC funding, this extraordinary service to Australian music is at risk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q91rQz7aLs
ABC 90th Anniversary… The Week the ABC Went to Black 21 Apr 20221 May 2022 Governments of all persuasions have never much liked the ABC, and cuts to its budget have occurred with monotonous regularity. With defunding since 2014 now severely affecting programming capacity, ABC…
ABC Funding… Video Campaign: Emergency broadcast 19 Apr 202226 Apr 2022 Philippa McDonald highlights the vital work of the ABC in an emergency - fire, flood or other disaster - without extra funding and at a time when the ABC budget continues to shrink. https://youtu.be/pTgwAk09Ktc
ABC Funding… Video campaign: Why the ABC cannot rely on the Coalition 13 Apr 202216 May 2022 With the federal election campaign now officially underway, ABC Alumni today launches the first of a series of videos to inform the public of issues critical to the future of…
ABC Funding… IN REAL TERMS, THE ABC IS STILL GOING BACKWARDS 31 Mar 202213 Apr 2022 Dave Sharma, the Liberal federal member for Wentworth in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, is fighting for his political survival against independent candidate Allegra Spender, who supports a well-funded ABC. In a…
ABC Funding… Who Needs the ABC? 29 Mar 202213 Apr 2022 Just released, the long-awaited book by academics Matthew Ricketson and Patrick Mullins – Who Needs the ABC? – is a thorough analysis of the ABC over recent decades and an…
ABC Funding… IT’S A GOOD MESSAGE, BUT WHO IS LISTENING? 17 Feb 202221 Mar 2022 As the ABC celebrates its 90th Anniversary, Managing Director David Anderson has penned a timely and heartfelt essay, giving a personal insight into the values of the public broadcaster to…
ABC Funding… One for you … one, two for me – Minister Fletcher’s ABC funding confidence trick 11 Feb 202221 Mar 2022 The ministerial announcement this week, outlining ongoing funding for the ABC, was clearly pitched to convince voters of a ‘strong government commitment’ to supporting the national broadcaster. But as Alumni…
ABC 90th Anniversary… Welcome to 2022 25 Jan 202210 Feb 2022 Around the world, growing government hostility is threatening independent media who do their job, ask tough questions, and hold the powerful to account. Here Alan Sunderland explains why the recent…
