ABC Independence… ABC ALUMNI SUBMISSION TO REVIEW INTO THE NATIONAL BROADCASTERS’ INDEPENDENCE 02/09/202329/09/2023 5-year funding periods are all very well, but what’s to stop a new government that gets elected half way through a funding term tearing up the agreement and starting again?…
ABC Funding… Laura Tingle: the next ABC staff-elected director? 03/02/202331/03/2023 The news this week that high profile journalist Laura Tingle has thrown her hat in the ring for the election of the next staff-elected director (SED) on the ABC Board…
ABC Independence… ACMA wrong on Four Corners’ Fox program 04/01/202309/02/2023 The recent ACMA ruling on ABC Four Corners’ two-part program ‘Fox and the Big Lie’ sets a dangerous precedent, says ABC Alumni chair Jonathan Holmes. In a letter to ACMA chair…
ABC Funding… We need an all-party Declaration of support for the ABC, says former MD Geoffrey Whitehead 21/10/202226/11/2022 In a world where support for fully government-funded, independent public broadcasters is declining, Australia is fortunate to have a new federal government that recognises the importance of the ABC. But,…
ABC Independence… ABC’S NEW OMBUDSMAN: What will change? 16/10/202231/10/2022 Can the ABC improve its complaints handling system? And what are the main challenges facing the new Ombudsman, Fiona Cameron, as she settles into her new job at the public…
ABC 90th Anniversary… PM ANTHONY ALBANESE: The ABC is a ‘treasured national institution’ and an ‘essential public service’ 09/08/202226/08/2022 In his first major speech about the ABC since the May federal election, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has indicated a new era in government-ABC relations. Delivered at a gala dinner…
ABC Independence… The Curious Case of the Missing Managing Director 18/05/202218/05/2022 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.” 15/05/202223/05/2022 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 11/05/202216/05/2022 “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 04/05/202204/05/2022 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…
