Russell Anderson

NEMBC wins the NSW Premiers Multicultural Communications award 2022

14 September 2022 The National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters’ Council has won the NEMBC wins the NSW Premiers Multicultural Communications award 2022 award for Best Audio Report. NEMBC...

Three new multilingual news agencies established

17 March 2022 NEMBC MEDIA is now operating three multilingual news agencies after the initial start-up of a news service in response to the Covid-19 pandemic early last...

The MNS celebrates its first year onair

27 September 2021 The Multilingual News Service established by the NEMBC is celebrating its first anniversary and has now grown to provide a daily news service in 19...

Health Department too slow with covid translations but radio fills the gap

12 August 2021 Public health information targeting diverse communities at the centre of the latest COVID-19 outbreak is almost two months out of date, according to news reports...

NEMBC wins the 2020 Excellence In Media Award

16 December 2020 The Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) has given the Excellence in Media Award to the National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters’ Council (NEMBC) for their “…brave step...

Daily COVID-19 bulletins for Victorian Ethnic Communities

10 September 2020 Seven Victorian ethnic communities will receive daily news bulletins regarding COVID-19, in their own language, broadcast on their local community radio station from next week. As...

The free multilingual news service on COVID 19 will continue twice a week

5 July 2020 The NEMBC Multilingual News Service about COVID 19 will continue as a report available twice a week. The five minute report will be delivered every Tuesday and...

NEMBC starts national news service for multicultural communities during the COVID-19 crisis

5 May 2020 NEMBC MEDIA has started a National Multilingual News Service (MNS) and is producing daily news bulletins in 6 languages with plans for expansion Currently the service...

NEMBC proposes a national multicultural news service

3 April 2020 The National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council (NEMBC) is seeking support and funding from Government and non-Government sources to establish a Multilingual News Service (MNS)...

NEMBC make COVID19 csa’s available in 44 languages

31 March 2020 The NEMBC is making a number of CSA’s on COVID-19 available to ethnic radio and community broadcasters in 44 languages. Executive Ofifcer of the NEMBC, Russell...

NEMBC asks the government for $3.4M

4 February 2020 The NEMBC submitted a request to the Commonwealth Government’s 2020-21 Budget Review for $3.4 million. The submission focused on three new areas of investment aimed at...

Your work brings communities together: Terri Butler #NEMBC19 Conference

30 November 2019 At the opening of today’s NEMBC Conference in Brisbane, local member Terri Butler (pictured) told ethnic broadcasting delegates: “Your leadership is important. Good leadership is...

NEMBC seeks a further $3.15 million in funding from all parties

14 May 2019 The NEMBC is seeking support from all political parties for a $3.15 million package to support new and emerging communities, and to train new broadcasters....

Budget leaves Ethnic Community Broadcasting short on funding

5 April 2019 Despite the NEMBC making a strong submission to the federal government recently, there has been no additional funding allocated for the ethnic and multicultural...

NEMBC wins human rights award

9 December 2016 The National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council has won the prestigious Australian Human Rights Commission’s: Racism. It Stops With Me Award. Accepting the award, NEMBC Executive Officer...

CBF proposal is driving a bulldozer through the sector: NEMBC

17 June 2015 The Community Broadcasting Foundation last weekend released a paper on proposed changes to the organisation, but not all community broadcasting stakeholders are happy with the...