Our Strategy
We seek to influence government policies on the ABC and to ensure that it remains independent and is fully funded to fulfil its role as Australia’s national public broadcaster and media organisation as set out in the ABC Charter. Click this link to see a summary of the ABC Charter.
News
Remember to check out the ABC Friends National site for the latest news via our monthly e-news publication:
SA Friends Activities
Meetings with Adelaide University Alumni
National Volunteers Week
Democracy in Peril
Meeting ‘The Conversation’
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Funding Announcement by the Premier Peter Malinauskas
The Malinauskas Government’s $5.2 million production partnership between the SAFC and ABC.
Kim Williams was interviewed by Patrica Karvelas on Radio Natioanal RN Breakfast June 21, 2024. This link will take you to the ABC site from which you can play the interview.
Below are some of our latest posts. More can be found under the MEDIA heading on the menu.
ABC should be last broadcaster standing
New chair Kim Williams says ABC should be ‘last broadcaster standing’ & News Corp’s criticism is ‘unbalanced’ The Guardian | August 11, 2024 | Amanda Meade: Former News Corp CEO says Murdoch company’s obsession with the public broadcaster is ‘fairly [...]
Inside the overhaul at the ABC
The Saturday Paper | December 23, 2023 |Scott Mitchell Six months into a landmark restructure, with more staff leaving and show cancellations mounting, there are increasing doubts over whether the ABC’s strategy to secure its future with a younger audience [...]
Remaking The ABC
Editorial: Remaking the ABC | The Saturday Paper | June 26, 2024 When Kim Williams wants to make a point, he looks a person dead in the eye. He does not shy from confrontation. He does not blink. In his first [...]
Acknowledgement of country
We acknowledge the traditional owners throughout South Australia and Northern Territory.
We acknowledge their custodianship of the land and pay respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging.