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Category: ABC Independence

ABC Independence…

The Curious Case of the Missing Managing Director

18 May 202218 May 2022
ABC chair Ita Buttrose has been a stalwart defender of ABC independence, so it’s hard to fathom why she and her directors plan to create a complaints system with an…
ABC Funding…

KERRY O’BRIEN: “Our vote is one of the most precious things we have. And so is our ABC.” 

15 May 202223 May 2022
In a wide-ranging speech in Sydney today, respected former ABC broadcaster Kerry O’Brien has spoken of his despair at the lack of political leadership in Australia. “I have never seen…
ABC Independence…

Kerry O’Brien: DEMOCRACY & THE ABC

11 May 202216 May 2022
“Never, in my lifetime, has the ABC been more important than it is today…yet it is constantly under attack.” – Kerry O’Brien https://youtu.be/axqOCKSCdQU The former presenter of Lateline, The 7.30…
ABC Independence…

Alumni Statement: LEADERS’ DEBATES – 2022 ELECTION

4 May 20224 May 2022
The ABC has invited both major party leaders to a nationally televised election debate. But regrettably this invitation has been declined by the Prime Minister in favour of two commercial…
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…
ABC Funding…

Five Year Funding: Labor Pledge

3 Dec 20217 Dec 2021
The future of the ABC has been occupying the minds of politicians of all persuasions recently, for a variety of reasons. But with the welcome news that the ALP will…

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