ABC Funding… Rebuilding the ABC 17/02/202316/04/2023 ABC Alumni and ABC Friends launch our first 2023 joint campaign leading up to the May budget and the coming ABC 5-year funding agreement. If you’ve been thinking recent funding…
campaign… The ABC and North Queensland 17/05/202217/05/2022 There are big pictures to paint as we campaign for the ABC in the election. But this video from Richard Dinnen in North Queensland reminds us to zoom in to…
ABC People… KEEPING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACCOUNTABLE 17/05/202223/05/2022 Since 2014, when the ABC stopped broadcasting state-based weekly current affairs, there’s been no consistent platform on ABC TV for holding state governments to account – even during the pandemic,…
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 Funding… Government must stop wasting time – and urgently support ABC in the Pacific 14/05/202214/05/2022 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…
campaign… 2022 Election Coverage: Is a ‘rogue’ News Corp threatening our democracy? 14/05/202214/05/2022 As several commentators have noted this week, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp outlets have gone ‘rogue’ on election coverage, making no attempt to comply with one of the media’s primary obligations…
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 Funding… Where in the World is the ABC? 09/05/202214/05/2022 As chief foreign correspondent, Phil Williams was the ABC’s international fireman, able to swing into virtually any country in the world and produce intelligent reports from a standing start. …
ABC Funding… Election Campaign Video: The Bush 05/05/202210/05/2022 Pete Lewis is a bit of a legend in rural Australia. He joined the ABC in 1980, and was for years the ABC’s Brisbane-based rural reporter. He was EP of…
ABC Funding… ABC Support of the Arts 02/05/202209/05/2022 Australian viewers love Australian stories. The ABC has a proud record of broadcasting the finest Australian drama. But with shrinking funding, the number of hours of new Australian drama on…
