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ABC Friends Northern Tablelands AGM - change in venue

A change in venue for the Northern Tablelands ABC Friends AGM.  This meeting will now be at the Armidale Town...

ABC Friends Northern Tablelands AGM 2025

Join us for the Northern Tablelands ABC Friends AGM and listen to Dr Bruce Stevenson provide a talk titled -...

2025 Northern Tablelands Annual Speaker

This year the Northern Tablelands ABC Friends branch will be hosting a talk provided by Professor Jackie Huggins, the inaugural...

Don't ask questions I might not like!

Recently ABC journalist John Lyons asked the US President, Donald Trump, if there might not be a conflict of interest...

Case study in silencing the media

The current government of the USA is demonstrating the means by which to restrict/silence a free media.  Denis Muller (Centre...

Tension between Public and Commercial Broadcasting

Unfortunately News Corp continues to support the defunding of public broadcasting.  Do they just say this to create an 'us-and-them'...

Constructive Journalism?

As supporters of independent public broadcasting, we also need to consider the form of journalism that is likely to lead...

Kim Williams Address to the National Press Club

Last November the Chair of the ABC, Kim Williams, provided a National Press Club speech on the future of the...

Kim Williams on the role of public broadcasting for democracy

Kim Williams recently spoke at the Mandarin's Sydney conference (Building a Better Public Service).  A summary is provided in the...

Rally for a fearless independent ABC

Why is it that some politicians seem to have it in for the ABC?  On Monday (28 April) the Sydney...