ABC 90th Anniversary… Australian Culture: heard but not seen 18 Jan 202218 Jan 2022 There was a time when academics rarely talked about their work to anyone outside of the universities, a time when Australia was so genuflective to Britain and Europe that it…
ABC Funding… ABC now crucial to the survival of local TV production 8 Dec 202118 Jan 2022 A new report from Deloitte Access Economics shows that the ABC’s commitment to local drama, documentary and entertainment boosts the Australian economy by hundreds of millions of dollars and has…
ABC Programs… The ABC: A Grand Obsession 25 Nov 20213 Dec 2021 Like many journalists who’ve honed their careers at the ABC, economics writer Peter Martin began in a small local newsroom and moved through the ranks to become a specialist reporter…
ABC Funding… Under fire: Ita Buttrose goes into battle for ABC independence 18 Nov 202125 Nov 2021 For the current government “the enemy” appears to be anyone trying to hold that government to account – and right now, that’s the ABC. Here ABC Alumni director Quentin Dempster…
ABC Funding… ABC’s 2020-2021 annual report released 21 Oct 20211 Nov 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 Independence… My ABC, Your ABC 12 Oct 202121 Oct 2021 Like any organisation, the ABC is not perfect. But, says academic and former ABC radio documentary producer Bill Bunbury, the national broadcaster doesn’t deserve the level of criticism emanating from…
4Cs 60th Anniversary… PAVING THE WAY 30 Aug 2021 Throughout her long career, Caroline Jones AO has championed women’s rights in the media, and beyond. On screen she led the way in the 1960s as a reporter on This…
4Cs 60th Anniversary… The Holy Grail 11 Aug 202113 Sep 2021 Wendy Borchers AM worked at the ABC from 1967 until her retirement in 2010. She says one of her proudest moments in her long television career was at Four Corners.…
ABC Independence… ABC accuses IPA of propaganda 14 May 202116 May 2021 The IPA’s opposition to the ABC as a fully government-funded, independent public broadcaster is well known. If the conservative, free market advocacy group had its way, the ABC would be…
ABC Programs… Ghosts Can’t Sue 2 May 20213 Sep 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…
