“What is so unique about public radio that it needs so much of our money?”

19 May 2025 "What is so unique about public radio that it needs so much of our money?" This was a question from top rating Newstalk ZB breakfast...

Putting Kim Williams and Austen Tayshus plus Abbie Chatfield and Sam Fricker to the pub test

29 April 2025 Before the election blackout starting 12 am Thursday 1 May 2025 there's a couple of simmering issues to put to the Radioinfo reader pub test....

I, perhaps way too often, describe the ABC as the mirror, the microphone and the camera to the nation – Kim Williams addresses the Melbourne Press Club

3 April 2025 ABC Chair Kim Williams AM addressed to the Melbourne Press Club at a lunch today, Thursday April 3, saying 'with every passing day, it’s becoming...

ABC Deputy Chair pulls the plug on Christmas Eve

24 December 2024 Deputy Chair of the ABC Board, Peter Tonagh, has resigned, about 18 months earlier than his scheduled term, which ends in May 2026. The resignation...

“Bewildered and concerned” ABC Radio Sydney staff seek meeting with Board

11 December 2024 Recent events at ABC Radio Sydney "have left staff bewildered and concerned" and feeling that their trust relationship with the audience "is being abused and...

Kim Williams’ Press Club comments spark international twitt storm

29 November 2024 A philosophical answer to a question about ABC audio strategy has blown up into an international debate, intersecting with the debate about the power of...

Simon Marnie confirms departure from ABC Radio Sydney

28 November 2024 If you asked ABC Chair Kim Williams about the departure of Simon Marnie from ABC Radio Sydney Weekends he might reply as he did about...

“You’re a dope” – Why Sarah Macdonald’s sacking from ABC Radio Sydney Mornings is hitting so hard

26 November 2024 At the end of last week I was struggling to find positives in my beloved radio industry. Yes, tis the season for sacking and movements,...

Vale Matt Peacock

31 October 2024 ABC radio and TV presenter and investigative journalist Matt Peacock has died aged 72. He was the broadcaster's foreign correspondent in London, Washington and New...

ABC Managing Director David Anderson resigns

22 August 2024 David Anderson has given his notice to the ABC Board and will leave his job as Managing Director when a new MD is recruited, expected...

Move harder and faster: Kim Williams tells ABC

8 August 2024 “We should move harder and faster and challenge ourselves,” the new ABC Chair Kim Williams said at yesterday’s Futurecast conference. Discussing AI and digital platforms,...

ABC’s media innovation conference Futurecast 2024 on today

6 August 2024 The ABC's free public conference Futurecast 2024 is on today, Wednesday August 7, live from ABC Ultimo, from 1-5pm. Run by the ABC Innovation Lab...

ABC Radio Sydney launches from new Parramatta studios

6 May 2024 The ABC has officially launched from its new broadcast facility in Parramatta with ABC Radio Sydney presenters now live on air from the site. ABC...

ABC initiative delivering media training to academics open for applications

29 March 2024 The ABC is searching for Australia’s next generation of inspiring research communicators across Science, the Humanities, and the Arts – to share their ideas, findings...

Kim Williams the new ABC chair

24 January 2024 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced Kim Williams to replace Ita Buttrose as ABC chair. Williams, the former News Limited CEO, was nominated by an...