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ABC Friends Northern Suburbs of Sydney Branch inside Paul Fletcher office collecting $500 donation to ABC Friends

The Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher obviously has some problems with his communications! A $500 donations to ABC Friends to assist...

Posted June 18, 2020 4:41 PM

Update magazine June 2020

ABC Friends have released another wonderful, edition of Update which keeps us so well informed about the risks to our...

Posted June 17, 2020 2:35 PM

ABC Friends’ Update Team

Three times a year this three-person team sources and reads every word that finally ends up in our ABC Friends...

Posted June 17, 2020 2:27 PM

There is no other watchdog I would rather trust than our ABC

It’s now twelve months since ABC Friends launched its Defend Media Freedom campaign when there was an unprecedented Federal Police...

Posted June 15, 2020 6:14 PM

Senator Griff motion against ABC job losses fails in the Senate

On 11 June 2020 Senator Griff moved a motion regarding ABC job cuts in the Australian Senate. However, there was a...

Posted June 11, 2020 4:22 PM

The Federal Government needs to listen to Ita

As job cuts loom, the Federal Government needs to listen to Chair of the ABC Board, Ita Buttrose's, concerns about ABC...

Posted June 10, 2020 4:31 PM

ABC Alumni condemns “Trump-like lie” over ABC job losses, national broadcaster is “bleeding”

Former ABC staff and supporters today roundly condemned the Government’s ongoing cuts to the national broadcaster’s budget, which will soon...

Posted June 10, 2020 4:05 PM

76% of Australians oppose any further cuts to the ABC’s budget

The findings of an independent Roy Morgan national opinion poll, commissioned by ABC Friends Victoria, serve as a warning to...

Posted June 06, 2020 11:06 AM

It is time for the ABC

Former CEO and editor in chief of The Age, and ABC Friend Media Advisor, Ranald Macdonald asks why is the ABC being...

Posted June 05, 2020 10:34 AM