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Fact-checking the Referendum

With concerns raised about the Electoral Commission distributing unedited information from the opposing cases on the upcoming referendum, the ABC...

Posted August 22, 2023 10:28 AM

August 2023 news and updates

Welcome to our August 2023 e-news

Posted August 17, 2023 1:52 PM

The cost of defamation

Defamation cases cost the ABC dearly. In a recent report to the Senate, we learnt that the ABC has spent...

Posted August 16, 2023 9:00 AM

The ABC in the Pacific: trusted but underfunded

The ABC remains the largest and most trusted public media broadcaster in the Pacific - with a strong capacity to...

Posted August 15, 2023 9:00 AM

How can the ABC engage younger audiences?

The ABC recognises the need to increase its digital output to gain younger audiences, but there’s emerging evidence that it...

Posted August 14, 2023 12:00 AM

And the winners are...

It’s award season and, once again, the ABC’s producers, presenters, performers and journalists have won a host of national and...

Posted August 11, 2023 7:47 AM

The ABC’s demographic cliff

How can the ABC keep faith with its loyal existing audience while seeking to engage new, younger audiences – all...

Posted August 11, 2023 7:45 AM

The Winter Dinner 2023

The ABC Friends’ NSW & ACT Winter Dinner was held on 20 July in the heritage-listed building at 238 Castlereagh...

Posted August 10, 2023 5:33 PM

ABC independence: have your say

ABC Friends is calling on our members and supporters to let the Federal Government know your views on how the...

Posted August 10, 2023 4:55 PM