ABC Funding… No Google ad dollars for the ABC 06/03/202117/05/2021 Quentin Dempster discusses potential risks of the ABC entering into precedent-setting commercial relationships with online providers. Will it, he asks, make it easier for any hostile future federal government to…
Alumni Articles 2021: Here we go again! 15/01/202117/05/2021 If Australians had to make a choice of greater trust between Dr Janet Albrechtsen of News Corp and the IPA or Dr Norman Swan and the ABC, is there any…
Tributes Farewell Janie Lalor 07/12/202025/04/2021 Janie Lalor was an ABC legend; a highly skilled director and producer who made thousands of television shows for the ABC during a 40-year career. As importantly, she made thousands…
ABC Programs… This is the year that was. The ABC in 2020 01/12/202017/05/2021 It is to the ABC’s credit that despite ongoing budget cuts, debilitating staff losses, attacks from government and right-wing lobby groups, and a dollop of controversy, our much-loved major public…
Alumni Articles… ABC & the digital dilemma: what’s next? 19/10/202017/05/2021 The ABC has historically been flexible with the technologies it uses to transmit its content to consumers. Today’s technology landscape is changing faster than ever and the ABC must continue…
ABC Funding… Les Miserables – Killing the ABC in a time of national emergency 16/09/202017/05/2021 The ABC is rightly proud of the profound trust from audiences evident through the bushfire and pandemic national emergencies, but its paymaster, the Morrison government, has not responded to ABC…
AFP… Committee falls short on media freedom 01/08/202025/04/2021 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”…
Books & Documentaries… Making radio waves – Robyn Ravlich 30/06/201926/04/2021 The strange art of making radio. Acclaimed radio poet Robyn Ravlich launches memoir Robyn spent 35 years making features and documentaries for the national broadcaster. Skywriting - making radio wavesis…