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ABC Friends NSW & ACT - Winter Dinner, Sydney, 2023

ABC Friends is pleased to invite you to our annual winter dinner on Thursday 20 July 2023 with special guest...

We stand with Stan

ABC Friends has expressed its dismay at the hostile and racist abuse to which Stan Grant has been subjected in...

ABC Friends WA stall at May Day Festival 2023

ABC Friends in Western Australia ran a stall at the recent May Day Festival, held on the Fremantle Esplanade.

Federal Budget 2023

Greater ABC funding certainty a positive, but modest increases won’t restore the ABC.

Forum: Why the ABC is so necessary for climate action?

The Northern Suburbs of Sydney branch of ABC Friends is holding a presentation on the subject : Why the ABC is...

A new era for ABC International

ABC’s international division, which for more than 80 years has played an important role as part of Australia’s soft power...

Labelling the ABC on Twitter: how Elon Musk got it wrong

Elon Musk’s recent attempt to label the ABC as government-funded media has exposed misunderstanding about the role public media organisations...

What ABC radio program could you not live without?

As the ABC grapples with declining radio audiences across Australian capital cities and its youth station, Triple J, we'd love...

May 2023 news and updates

Welcome to ABC Friends new national newsletter. We'll publish it once a month with news about the ABC and what's...