ABC People… An ABC Visionary: Ken Watts 10/06/202324/08/2023 As the ABC restructures and creates a new vision to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex media landscape, alumnus Eric Hunter says there’s much that can be learned from…
ABC Funding… We don’t want to seem ungrateful, but… 09/05/202324/05/2023 The Federal Budget is in, and the news for the ABC is promising. No more cuts, no more freezes, and some modest improvements. But as Alan Sunderland writes, the biggest…
ABC People… LANDLINE – ‘the beating heart of the ABC’ 09/02/202316/02/2023 Rural and regional broadcasting has been a mainstay of ABC programming for nearly eight decades. It’s provided a unique on-the-ground insight into the lives and businesses of Australians outside of…
ABC Funding… STATES OF NEGLECT 31/10/202226/11/2022 Last Sunday, for the first time since 2014, the 7pm News on the main ABC channel ran for only 30 minutes. ABC Alumni director Alan Sunderland, a former senior manager…
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… 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 Independence… Alumni Statement: LEADERS’ DEBATES – 2022 ELECTION 04/05/202204/05/2022 The ABC has invited both major party leaders to a nationally televised election debate. But regrettably this invitation has been declined by the Prime Minister in favour of two commercial…
ABC Funding… Video Campaign: Emergency broadcast 19/04/202226/04/2022 Philippa McDonald highlights the vital work of the ABC in an emergency - fire, flood or other disaster - without extra funding and at a time when the ABC budget continues to shrink. https://youtu.be/pTgwAk09Ktc
ABC 90th Anniversary… Through Flood and Tempest: remembering cyclone tracy 16/03/202224/03/2022 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…
