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Category: Alumni Articles

ABC Funding…

Laura Tingle: the next ABC staff-elected director?

03/02/202308/02/2023
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

04/01/202306/01/2023
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 90th Anniversary…

The ABC of Australian Christmas Carols

10/12/202227/01/2023
Often forgotten in recollections of ABC achievements is the national broadcaster’s role in creating a collection of much-loved Australian Christmas carols. Former staff sound librarian and music collections coordinator Lynne…
ABC People…

Muzzling Milligan

06/12/202203/01/2023
Last week, the ACT’s Director of Public Prosecutions announced that there would be no retrial of Bruce Lehrmann, because it would pose a “significant and unacceptable risk to the life…
ABC People…

The Ten Rules of Reporting

03/12/202210/12/2022
Few people are as well qualified to give practical advice about journalistic practice as former ABC Editorial Director, and now Alumni Board member, Alan Sunderland. We asked author and Professor…
ABC Funding…

New book showcases ABC’s Radio Australia

22/11/202203/12/2022
When you’ve been broadcasting internationally for more than 80 years, there’s a lot to celebrate. The newly released official history of Radio Australia, Australia Calling by Dr Phil Kafcaloudes, traces…
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…

From Relief Typist to the ABC MD’s Personal Secretary

15/09/202231/10/2022
One of the most memorable recollections in our recent story about pioneering radio technician Stan Bancroft was his role in organising and co-ordinating the live broadcast of the Apollo 11…
ABC People…

Stan Bancroft – pioneering ABC technician

24/08/202216/10/2022
The ABC’s history is usually dominated by tales of management and on-air personalities, but nothing would happen without the national broadcaster’s extraordinary technical staff. Legendary among them is Stan Bancroft,…
ABC 90th Anniversary…

How to persuade a Prince

03/08/202224/08/2022
Thirty years ago, long before HRH Prince Charles’s interest in organic gardening and farming became widely accepted, Sharon Carleton travelled to the UK for a profile about his brilliant (and…

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