Mark Scott

Mark Scott’s last day as ABC Managing Director

29 April 2016 Mark Scott has left the building. When he first began in the role one of his first tasks was to tackle a 'cancer cluster'...

ABC veteren broadcasters express “profound concern” over restructure

8 April 2016 A letter has been sent to the ABC Board objecting to the management restructure within the ABC's Radio Division, reported earlier here on radioinfo. ...

Complaints about ABC livestock reports at Mark Scott’s last Senate Estimates appearance

11 February 2016 At ABC Managing Director Mark Scott's last Senate Estimates Committee appearance, he was asked about merging with SBS (again) and about the changes in regional...

ABC announces new director of news

22 October 2015 Following the resignation of Kate Torney as the ABC’s director of news, Gaven Morris has been announced as her replacement. Torney resigned last month to become...

New ABC division to champion regional voices

1 July 2015 The ABC’s new regional division begins operating from today, bringing together program makers, producers and reporters from across the country to provide a unified service...

Need a laugh? These presenters have gone crazy

29 May 2015 This week the Advanced Radio class at the Radio Training Institute in Melbourne have been in simulation mode. Everything from putting together shows, to scheduling...

ABC to switch on 14 new streaming services

14 April 2015 What are the implications for the current PPCA dispute? While regional commercial stations have switched off their streaming services, the ABC plans to expanded its...

ABC MD outlines changes to Radio following cuts

24 November 2014 There's some good news amongst the bad for Radio in amongst the ABC cuts Main Points Closure of outposts in Wagin, Morwell, Gladstone, Port Augusta...

Axe falls next Monday for ABC staff

20 November 2014 ABC staff will find out next Monday where the axe will fall, as the national broadcaster takes action to deal with the budget cut announced...

The challenge for commercial digital media is to monetise audience: Mark Scott

30 October 2014 After staying stoically quiet for months as commercial media kept telling him how to run the ABC, Mark Scott has now turned the tables, giving...

Local Radio is “the spine of the ABC” says Mark Scott

30 May 2014 In the Senate Estimates Hearing this week, ABC MD Mark Scott told Senator O’Niell that “Local Radio is the spine of what we do” and...

The public don’t think we’re overfunded, they think we’re good value: Mark Scott

14 May 2014 ABC Managing Director Mark Scott has appeared on Raphael Epstein’s Drive program on ABC774 Melbourne, to respond to the cuts imposed on the ABC in...

Cuts will result in redundancies and a reduction of services: ABC’s Mark Scott

13 May 2014 Despite repeated commitments from the government before and after the election that funding for the ABC would be maintained, $120m worth of cut sfrom the...

Leek of the Weak

27 November 2013 Not all leaks are created equal. Opinion from Peter Saxon Soon after it revealed the leak from Edward Snowden that Australia has been intercepting the...

ABC boss eats a red hot chilli pepper for money

22 October 2013 This morning triple j’s Tom and Alex took on a whole bunch of challenges and dares to raise money for the refugee crisis in Syria....