ABC recruits Rodney Tiffen, Chris Masters to review Four Corners Ghost Train series
A University of Sydney professor and a high-profile journalist have been asked to review Caro Meldrum-Hanna’s series into the Sydney Luna Park fire tragedy.
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Celia, Luke and their ‘celebration of platonic love’ in Rosehaven
When Celia Pacquola and Luke McGregor first pitched their show to the ABC, it was about a haunted house. That didn’t work. Nor did their second idea. So they settled […]
What’s wrong with the ABC’s once-mighty Q+A, and how to fix it
The departure of host Hamish Macdonald after 18 months has prompted questions about Q+A’s future – and an opportunity to get it right.
Social media abuse a key factor in Hamish Macdonald’s departure from ABC
While Twitter was love bombing Hamish Macdonald yesterday, it was the scrutiny and abuse from that very platform that was a key factor in his decision to quit.
Your ABC’s complaints process might impress you
No other Australian media outlet devotes the time, energy and resources to complaint investigation as the ABC does.
Julie Bishop ‘tried to keep a straight face’ defending Abbott’s male-dominated cabinet
In a new ABC series, women across the political spectrum describe being ignored, harassed and sometimes assaulted.
ABC complaints system under fire again following Q&A episode
The Australia Israel and Jewish Affairs Council wants changes to the ABC’s complaints policy after its complaint of bias and lack of impartiality was rejected by the public broadcaster.
‘Parramatta is not western Sydney’: ABC in talks to move staff to Liverpool
Liverpool City Council has made an audacious bid to attract the ABC ahead of a planned relocation of 300 staff from Ultimo to Parramatta.
ABC’s 7.30 to recognise Indigenous place names in programming
ABC’s flagship program 7.30 will start including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander names for cities and towns for its audience.
Christian Porter seeking unredacted Annabel Crabb text messages in court appeal
Mr Porter is seeking to overturn three judgments and a suppression order in a case linked to his ABC defamation proceedings.
Australians feared among the missing in Miami apartment collapse
Australian Miami resident Joseph Waks told the ABC that he had not been able to reach friends who lived in the building.
From the Archives, 1965: More research down on earth urged
On arrival in Sydney, Professor Julius Sumner Miller – host of the ABC science series Why Is It So – was asked to comment on the US space program.
Viewers will be unable to stream ABC shows without a login from July
The ABC’s streaming service is late to the party when it comes to asking for a login and offer recommendations and watchlists. That’s all about to change.
Former ABC weather man, a ‘friend and mentor’, Mike Bailey dies
Retired media personality Mike Bailey, who became a household name delivering the nightly weather report for the ABC’s Sydney bulletin over a lengthy career with the public broadcaster, has died.
ABC to relocate 300 Ultimo staff to Parramatta
ABC chairman Ita Buttrose says the relocation of 300 staff from Ultimo to Parramatta will help the public broadcaster shake off its focus on inner cities.
ABC logo used at police shooting range in South Australia
SA Police said anything on display at the range was there to help simulate a “realistic training environment” and was not a reflection on the ABC.
Discrepancy over ABC settlement: Will Christian Porter be paid?
ABC managing director David Anderson told a Senate estimates hearing the broadcaster agreed to pay $100,000 in mediation costs to Industry Minister Christian Porter’s lawyer.
ABC versus the government is a song that remains the same
Tensions between the ABC and the government have once again boiled over, despite Scott Morrison’s intentions to steer well clear of the ABC controversies his predecessors delighted in stoking.
Coalition’s disdain for ABC speaks volumes
The strongest ethical work cultures are those that are led by intelligent and informed leaders who welcome different viewpoints.
ABC requests $90 million to create more children’s, drama content
The ABC has asked for more funding to create local programs in its submission to a wide-ranging government paper discussing media reform.
ABC bosses block Four Corners episode linking PM to QAnon figure
ABC management has knocked back an upcoming Four Corners episode that focuses on Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
If this is Porter’s idea of a win, what defines defeat?
Christian Porter’s decision to abandon his defamation action can only be seen as a humiliating defeat, despite his claim of a “backdown” by the ABC.
‘Systemic bias’: ABC under fire from Coalition MPs in wake of Porter case
Queensland Nationals MP George Christensen called on the government to take action against the ABC, saying it should start with its chairwoman, Ita Buttrose.
Friend of Christian Porter accuser threatens to sue him for defamation
Jo Dyer, who succeeded in ousting Mr Porter’s barrister from his defamation case against the ABC, is contemplating her own defamation case against him.
Renewed calls for public inquiry as Porter, ABC clash after defamation case dropped
Labor and the Greens have stepped up calls for a public inquiry into Christian Porter’s fitness to remain in office after the federal Liberal minister discontinued his defamation proceedings against […]
Christian Porter discontinues defamation proceedings against ABC
The ABC said no damages would be paid to the federal Liberal minister after he discontinued his defamation proceedings against the broadcaster.
‘Woefully inadequate’: ABC cops stick for slack social media policy
Liberal Senator and former 7.30 journalist Sarah Henderson says the behaviour of some ABC employees on social media is undermining the public broadcaster’s independence.
Racing NSW right behind V’landys as ABC defamation fight continues
Peter V’landys has the full support of Racing NSW as he prepares to appeal his loss in the Federal Court regarding the ABC’s Final Race expose.
Border closure fuels complacency over vaccines: Labor frontbencher
Ed Husic’s comments, made on the ABC’s Q&A, are some of the strongest criticisms made by a Labor frontbencher of the border bans to date.
Porter barrister cannot act in ABC defamation case, court rules
Federal Court Justice Tom Thawley said there was a risk of misuse of confidential information in ordering that Sue Chrysanthou SC be restrained from acting for the federal Liberal minister.