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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...

What can the ABC expect from the budget?

As the federal budget gets closer there is increasing concern that it won't be good for the ABC. 

Fox and Big Lie wins ABC support again

The ABC has again shown its support of Sarah Ferguson’s investigation of Fox News coverage of the 2020 US election...

Panel Discussion: How should the ABC evolve to meet the Tasmanian community’s needs?

ABC Friends Tasmania and the University of Tasmania Media School invite you to an event commemorating Andrew Bent and the...

ABC Friends Victoria campaign for new, younger friends

While research shows that many young people value the ABC, they have little awareness or concern about who funds the...

Media diversity – and its measurement - is critical for Australia

The planned creation of a new framework for measuring Australian media diversity is critical and timely, according to the Public...

The ABC has launched a new program, ‘The Pacific’, and ABC Friends helped make it happen.

‘The Pacific’ marks the ABC’s revitalised engagement with a region that’s rich with culture, people and stories.

Talk by Professor Emerita Robyn Ewing - Why creativity and the arts are so important

Professor Ewing is presenting a talk on creativity and the arts as a special guest of the ABC Friends Northern...