13 August 2020 ABC Managing Director, David Anderson, has paid tribute to Geoff Duncan who passed away recently. Geoff’s long career in broadcast media included his role as GM...
12 August 2020 The Labor Party says the Morrison Government's "inaction and buck passing" in relation to emergency broadcasting in regional Australia is putting lives at risk, while...
7 August 2020 Aidan Laverty, most recently the ABC Head of Specialist content, has passed away less than three weeks after leaving his role to seek treatment overseas...
13 July 2020 The ABC has announced the cancellation of this year's Andrew Olle Media Lecture due to COVID-19. The 2020 lecture was scheduled to be held in...
12 July 2020 The ABC will support more than 200 Australian productions and new content ideas through its $5 million Fresh Start Fund, to help safeguard local content...
5 July 2020 ABC Radio is currently running, Your Good Vibrations, and calling for happy songs. This is part of ABC’s focus on mental wellbeing, ABC Your Mental Health, 5-11...
1 July 2020 ABC Radio's Indigenous flagship program Speaking Out celebrates 30 years of giving a voice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on the national stage....
28 June 2020 Valentine hits back at critics. First a Comment from Peter Saxon I’ve often pondered in these pages how it is that the most likely...
23 June 2020 The Age is reporting that the ABC has offered hundreds of permanent roles to casual staff even as it prepares to make more than 200...
19 June 2020 The ABC has entered into an Enforceable Undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman, and has paid back $11.9 million to more than 1,800 current and...
15 June 2020 The ABC has today named Sally Sara as the new presenter for radio current affairs flagship The World Today after its long-time host, the highly...
9 June 2020 ABC staff have received an email from Managing Director, David Anderson, asking staff to volunteer for redundancies with more than 200 jobs now forecast to...
21 May 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has forced ABC managing director, David Anderson, and other executives to take a pay cut. According to the SMH, Mr Anderson told staff...
1 May 2020 With the lights out in theatres and concert halls due to COVID-19, the ABC is bringing the best of the arts home to all Australians...
14 April 2020 Regional communities are being encouraged to apply for funding from the Foundation for Regional and Rural Renewal (FRRR) to kick start projects developed at the...
9 April 2020 In response to the suspension of live sport, ABC Grandstand has introduced a range of new radio programs to keep sports fans entertained and up-to-date. The...
2 April 2020 The ABC's Managing Director David Anderson has outlined how the national broadcaster is keeping the nation informed, educated and entertained in response to COVID-19. “Clearly, the...
30 March 2020 Live gigs and festivals are being cancelled around the world, so to help support artists, triple j is holding a special edition of their annual...
30 March 2020 Former ABC newsreader, soccer and public affairs commentator John (Martin) Royal passed away on the weekend aged 99, at Baptcare’s Karana nursing home in Kew. John...
29 March 2020 When Stanley John Bancroft constructed his first crystal set as a young teenager in the 1920’s, it sparked a fascination with radio that lasted a...
26 March 2020 The ACMA has released its Future delivery of radio report, that lays out its priorities for the future delivery of radio and underlines the vital...
12 March 2020 When too much sport is barely enough, the ABC has announced that Rampaging Roy Slaven (John Doyle) and H.G. Nelson (Greig Pickhaver) will be on...
21 January 2020 Indira Naidoo will return to the ABC in February to host ABC Radio’s Weekend Nightlife. Ms Naidoo will present the national program each Friday, Saturday and Sunday,...
20 January 2020 The ABC will focus on the communities most affected by the ongoing bushfires as part of its 2020 Australia Day coverage. The ABC will broaden its...
4 January 2020 ABC cricket commentator Jim Maxwell talks to Steve Ahern about his stroke and why radio cricket is still booming Jim had a stroke three...
13 December 2019 Radio on TV.... without the actual TV ABC Radio this year began to transmit its radio signals on television, in line with its philosophy...
3 December 2019 Summer, the time for holidays, the festive season, family vacation and time to throw out your old unwanted radio line-up and try on something new....
30 November 2019 Myf Warhurst went through her whole show on Friday before revealing to her audience that she would not be returning to ABC local radio next...
13 November 2019 ABC Radio will not be covering the Olympics next year, due to cost pressures. For the first time since the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, the ABC...
1 October 2019 The ABC’s Senior Researcher in Archives, John Spence, died peacefully over the weekend. In a note to staff, ABC Director Regional & Local, Judith Whelan, wrote ...
