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Elizabeth Moore is the new Head of Audience Data & Insights for the ABC

20 October 2021 Elizabeth (Liz) is a data and insights professional who specialises in using her skills to drive business decisions and customer...

ABC appoints Karen Madden as Head of Marketing

13 October 2021 Karen Madden will join the ABC at the end of November as Head of Marketing.She joins the ABC from the...

Gaven Morris resigns from ABC

7 October 2021 The ABC’s Director of News Gaven Morris has told staff that he will not renew his contract when it comes...

Saturday AM name change

17 August 2021 ABC Radio’s Saturday current affairs program will change its name to This Week.Previously known as Saturday AM, the show has...

There’s No Such Thing as Impartiality

15 August 2021 Comment from Jen Seyderhelm I changed my profile on social media from being a caffeine enthusiast (I’m a breakfast radio...

The ABC unveils new social media guidelines

9 August 2021 There are new social media guidelines for ABC staff, and a breach could risk ongoing employment. ABC Managing Director David...

Will the Olympics benefit radio broadcasters and podcasters?

6 August 2021 In 2019, ABC Radio controversially decided not to take up the non-commercial rights to broadcast this year’s games, breaking a...

ABC will get payments from Google and Facebook

26 May 2021 ABC Managing Director David Anderson told Senate Estimates last night that the ABC has reached a deal with Facebook and...

Funding steady for national broadcasters, more money for community broadcasting: Federal Budget

11 May 2021 Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has delivered the federal budget with a focus on “creating jobs and rebuilding the economy,” as Australia...

ABC’s Philip Williams retires

28 April 2021 After 46 years working for the ABC, radio and tv reporter Philip Williams has decided to retire. Beginning as a...

Anzac Day 2021 on the ABC

22 April 2021 The ABC will cover Anzac Day services in all states and territories on Sunday 25 April as marches return to...

A series of Podcast Sessions rounded out day two of #RadiodaysAsia

26 March 2021 Rachel Corbett (Head of Podcast and Digital Content, NOVA), Henrik Isaksson, (Regional Managing Director, Acast), Corey Layton (Head of Digital...

An opportunity to focus on the issues facing women today: ABC Women’s Day coverage

4 March 2021 The ABC will mark International Women’s Day (IWD) next Monday 8 March 2021 with all-female line-ups and programs that celebrate the...

Another Australia Day, another controversy

25 January 2021 Comment from Peter Saxon A few years ago, I defended triple j’s decision to move the Hottest 100 Countdown from...

Vale ABC Newsreader Jim Graham

24 December 2020 ABC Melbourne newsreader Jim Graham has passed away, aged 63.He had been on the ABC airwaves in Victoria for more...

Media usage habits now available from ABC research study

17 December 2020 Just over half of all Australians (54%) trust journalists, while 32% do not trust them much and 15% do not...

Coronacast and Trace win Walkley Awards

20 November 2020 Dr Norman Swan, Tegan Taylor and Will Ockenden have won a Walkley Award in the Radio/Audio: News & Current Affairs...

Andrea Ho joins Judith Nielsen Institute

6 November 2020 Andrea Ho has joined the Judith Neilson Institute’s executive team as Director, Education.In August, Andrea was one of many to...

Grandstand Summer of Cricket now on ABC SPORT

5 November 2020 From this week the ABC is rebranding its sports coverage under the ABC SPORT banner which sees a renaming of...

ABC has risen to the challenge, Audio consumption up: David Anderson

22 October 2020 In his first appearance before the Senate estimates committee since early March, ABC Managing Director David Anderson told Senators:“The ABC...

Federal Budget implications for broadcasting sectors

6 October 2020 The federal government’s delayed 2020/21 budget, released tonight, is a high spending stimulus plan that hopes to maintain economic activity...