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Webinar re the ABC and the upcoming election

After a discussion concerning various critical roles which the ABC performs, involving former ABC journalist Quentin Dempster and former NSW...

Posted November 16, 2021 6:20 PM

Your ABC vs Their IPA

The Institute of Public Affairs – the IPA – wants to privatise the ABC, or abolish it completely. They've published...

Posted November 02, 2021 7:48 AM

Northern Tablelands ABC Friends 2021 AGM

The Northern Tablelands branch of the ABC Friends will be holding its 2021 AGM on Thursday, November 11, at 6:15pm...

Posted October 27, 2021 7:43 AM

Noble Peace Prize winners, 2021 - independent public broadcasting

The importance of free and independent public broadcasting was again recognised with the recent Nobel Peace Prize announcement for 2021. ...

Posted October 12, 2021 11:27 AM

ABC Friends 2021 public talk with Peter Martin

ABC Friends speaker for 2021, Peter Martin The local branch of ABC Friends (Northern Tablelands) will be hosting a talk...

Posted October 12, 2021 10:41 AM

Where does our federal MP stand on the ABC?

On September 24, Barnaby Joyce was discussing a number of matters while being interviewed by Hamish MacDonald on the ABC...

Posted October 06, 2021 10:04 AM

Petition in Support of the ABC as an Independent National Broadcaster

A Federal Senator from South Australia, Sarah Hanson-Young, has recently put out a petition entitled Save Our ABC. If you...

Posted October 05, 2021 4:31 PM

Heywire Winners

If you would like to see the winners for the 2021 Heywire story telling competition, go to https://www.abc.net.au/heywire/winners/. Winners that were...

Posted October 05, 2021 3:48 PM

Heywire - Are you between 16 - 22 years of age and have a story to tell?

Heywire is an ABC storytelling competition and supports community projects in regional areas. Each year people between the ages of...

Posted August 06, 2021 9:15 AM

A prescient Carl Sagan?

Encountered a YouTube segment which refers to Carl Sagan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGanLUnjoPI - astronomer and physicist, who died about 25 years ago. Shortly...

Posted July 28, 2021 9:50 AM