Judith Whelan

ABC raises $1.5m in end-of-year appeal

19 January 2023 The ABC’s annual charity appeal, ABC Gives, has once again raised close to $1.5 million for those most in need in the lead up to...

ABC Heywire winners celebrate stories of life across regional and rural Australia

7 December 2022 Strength, perseverance, and optimism feature strongly in the stories from the 2023 ABC Heywire winners, announced today. 39 winners were chosen from the hundreds of Australians...

ABC celebrates Melbourne’s best young storytellers

3 November 2022 The ABC and VicHealth have announced the 28 winners of this year’s Takeover Melbourne storytelling competition. The competition, now in its third year, will once again showcase...

ABC appoints Judith Whelan as Editorial Director

26 October 2022 Judith Whelan has been appointed as Editorial Director of the ABC, starting from February 2023. Currently ABC Director of Regional and Local, Judith brings more than thirty years...

ABC Trailblazers program will showcase young regional leaders

28 September 2022 Applications are now open for the ABC’s 2023 Trailblazers program, which showcases the stories of regional Australia’s brightest new leaders. Trailblazers is an opportunity for...

Trailblazers head to Canberra to showcase their projects for change

8 June 2022 This week, young change-makers from around the country will descend on Canberra as part of the ABC’s Trailblazers program. This year’s winners showcase the passion and...

This year’s ABC Heywire winners are telling it like it is

15 December 2021 ABC Heywire has announced the winners of its annual regional storytelling competition, which puts young Australians at the centre of the conversations that shape their...

ABC Radio end-of-year appeals raise $1.5m for charity

10 December 2021 Listeners to ABC Radio across Australia have donated more than $1.5 million to charities in the lead-up to Christmas. For the first time, the ABC...

ABC Gives will support charities under a single umbrella

22 November 2021 The ABC has brought together its charity and fund-raising events under one name, ABC Gives. Director of ABC Regional & Local, Judith Whelan, says the...

Broken Hill goes Heywire

9 June 2021 The ABC’s Heywire regional youth program descends on Broken Hill this week for the first ever Heywire Youth Ideas Lab. Thirty young people aged 15-17 from the Broken...

ABC’s Heywire winners for 2021

11 February 2021 ABC Heywire celebrates 35 young regional Australians in its 2021 storytelling competition. Since 1998, Heywire has become a powerful platform for rural youth to share their stories and make a difference in their communities. This year, hundreds of people entered...

The ABC Country Hour is 75 years old this week

1 December 2020 Australia’s longest-running radio program, The Country Hour, celebrates 75 years on air this week with special editions of all seven of its state and territory...

Lee Glendinning will join the ABC to lead delivery of regional and local content

9 September 2020 The ABC has appointed former Executive Editor at The Guardian, Lee Glendinning, as the Head of Content Curation & Platforms in its Regional & Local...

ABC Radio will not cover the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

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...

Vale John Spence

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 ...

It isn’t business as usual on ABC Radio: Judith Whelan

21 August 2019 Judith Whelan has replaced Michael Mason as Director of ABC Regional & Local. In this role she runs most, but not all, of the ABC’s radio...

Judith Whelan appointed ABC’s Director of Regional and Local

11 July 2019 Judith Whelan has been confirmed as Director of ABC Regional & Local, replacing Michael Mason. She has been acting in the role since Mason retired last...

ABC and AFTRS 2019 Selwyn Speight Scholarship winner

29 May 2019 Sudanese refugee Natal Jimma has been announced as this year’s recipient of the AFTRS/ABC Selwyn Speight Diversity Scholarship. The scholarship is made available through a $20,000...

Judith Whelan joins ABC Radio

13 October 2016 Sydney Morning Herald editor Judith Whelan, has been appointed ABC Radio's Head of Spoken Content, to oversee its talk networks and programs. Judith will provide...