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 90th Anniversary… Before social media, there was Tim Bowden’s ‘Backchat’ 14 May 202216 May 2022 He’s been called ‘a cuddly koala’, ‘a supercilious clot’, and lots else besides. In this latest story in our series celebrating ABC’s 90th Anniversary, veteran broadcaster Tim Bowden looks back…
ABC Funding… Government must stop wasting time – and urgently support ABC in the Pacific 14 May 202214 May 2022 Policy failure over the last eight years – including a massive cut to the ABC’s international funding – has weakened Australia’s voice in the Pacific to its lowest ebb since…
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… 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 90th Anniversary… Taim Bilong Tim part 2 24 Mar 202213 Apr 2022 In the 1980s Tim Bowden produced many of ABC Radio’s most outstanding audio documentaries. They were forerunners of today’s podcast genre, and led the way in oral history documentary-making in…
ABC 90th Anniversary… Through Flood and Tempest: remembering cyclone tracy 16 Mar 202224 Mar 2022 Over the last month much of the east coast of Australia has been devastated by flooding, among the worst in living memory. We’ve seen stories of extraordinary efforts to evacuate…
ABC 90th Anniversary… Taim Bilong Tim 14 Mar 202224 Mar 2022 Long before podcast documentaries, ABC Radio pioneered the audio documentary genre with countless programs and series produced over several decades. Some of the most outstanding of these documentaries were made…
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…
