ABC Funding… We need an all-party Declaration of support for the ABC, says former MD Geoffrey Whitehead 21 Oct 202226 Nov 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… 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 Independence… Kerry O’Brien: DEMOCRACY & THE ABC 11 May 202216 May 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… HERE WE GO AGAIN 22 Sep 202115 Nov 2021 There are rumours that the ABC is about to hold another review into its complaints system. The last one, in 2009, recommended the abolition of the Independent Complaints Review Panel,…
AFP… THE SECRET STATE SURVIVES 5 Jun 202116 Jun 2021 Almost exactly two years ago, the Australian Federal Police executed a search warrant at the ABC’s headquarters in Ultimo, Sydney. That raid, and the search the day before of News…
Alumni Articles… WHO’S TO JUDGE? 29 May 202116 Jul 2022 In Part 2 of this essay on issues surrounding defamation law (see Part 1: ‘Ghosts Can’t Sue’), Jonathan Holmes looks at the Federal Court, which has become the forum of…
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…
AFP… Committee falls short on media freedom 1 Aug 202025 Apr 2021 The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security published its long-awaited report on “the impact of the exercise of law enforcement and intelligence powers on the freedom of the press”…
AFP… ABC loses AFP raid challenge 17 Feb 202025 Apr 2021 In February 2020 the ABC suffered a crushing defeat in the Federal Court, in its challenge to the validity of an AFP search warrant on its Ultimo headquarters relating to…
AFP… Australian media unite to demand government change laws after AFP raids 26 Jun 201921 Apr 2021 Australian media unite to demand government change laws after AFP raidsABC, News Corp and Nine call for legislation to protect journalists and whistleblowers, saying a free press must be ‘entrenched…
