March
Memo to Hugh Marks: DOGE-like efficiency’s the fix for ABC’s news bias
The new managing director forcing the newsroom to operate as productively as commercial rivals would lead to more stories, more views and more angles.
February
‘Incoherent’ impartiality rule used to oust ABC host
Legal counsel for Antoinette Lattouf said the broadcaster’s claims that an Instagram post by her breached impartiality guidelines had no foundation in any policy, procedure or legislation.
December 2024
Former Nine boss Hugh Marks to lead ABC
The executive who pulled off the broadcaster’s merger with Fairfax and helped lobby for big tech to pay for Australian content starts his new job in March.
November 2024
Memo to Kim Williams and the ABC: This is the age of ‘bro’ podcasts
Men are tired of the superficiality and bias in so much of the mainstream media. They’re going to alternative platforms to get what they want.
ABC chairman cops ‘watch out’ messages after Joe Rogan criticism
Asked what the ABC could learn from Joe Rogan, the most popular podcast presenter on Spotify, ABC chairman Kim Williams didn’t hold back.
Kim Williams’ protege in the lead for ACMA role
Widely expected to eventually replace Creina Chapman is authority member Adam Suckling.
August 2024
It’s time to civilise the inquisition of Senate estimates
Hearings that were meant to drill into policy detail have become a scattergun questioning of officials used to settle scores, or make cheap political points.
June 2024
In Australia, Tucker Carlson finds a new enemy: the ABC
The right-wing commentator wrongly accused the ABC of criticising him, in another example of how on society’s fringe the market for alternate realities runs strong.
The ABC’s version of Love Island? Don’t adjust your TV set
Leaked memo reveals ambitions for public broadcaster to launch reality TV shows.
February 2024
Dutton’s tax dance sets up election battleground
As the opposition leader scrambles to pull the Coalition out of Labor’s tax trap, Peter Dutton has guaranteed the battle for middle income earners is not over.
January 2024
Like it or not, the Middle East runs through our politics
The Dunkley by-election will be fought and lost on kitchen table issues. But it is a distant conflict that is piling pressure on political parties and even the national broadcaster.
December 2023
ABC cuts Q+A schedule by 40pc in 2024
After a tumultuous year involving the departure of host Stan Grant and contentious discussions about Israel and Gaza, the show has been cut to 24 episodes for next year.
November 2023
Journalists can’t be writers and activists
The willingness of reporters and editors to sign anti-Israel petitions calls into question their professional independence.
October 2023
ABC redundancy payouts leapt fivefold, annual report reveals
The ABC’s latest annual report, tabled in parliament on Friday, reveals the public broadcaster spent $22 million to pay out exiting staff.
Judge lashes ABC’s PR strategies
It’s all fun and games to fire off at gadfly commentators. Doing so at judges, even if only by implication, is an altogether dicier proposition.
Former ABC director urges broadcaster for impartiality on Israel
The Melbourne-based businessman is concerned about the impact a spurt of anti-semitism is having on communities and children.
September 2023
SBS has a new content plan to speak to all Australians
More than 5 million Australians speak a language other than English at home and SBS can now switch seamlessly into more than 60 languages.
Assess presenters one by one to halt audience fall: ABC Radio review
Virginia Trioli’s Melbourne morning show shed audience rapidly. Now an internal report has called for a major overhaul of its capital city stations.
August 2023
Ita Buttrose to step down from ABC
The government now has three roles to fill on the public broadcaster’s board, after the chairwoman said she would not seek a second term.
July 2023
Star host Stan Grant leaves Q&A permanently
The high profile Indigenous broadcaster will not return to his gig hosting current affairs debate show Q&A, and will instead pursue other projects at the ABC.