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Kim Williams-investment and regulation needed to fund Australian stories
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Kim Williams-investment and regulation needed to fund Australian stories

Peter Vandeleur2024-11-08T18:56:32+10:302024-11-08|About the ABC, Digital Media, Public Media|

ABC News | Hanna Story | November 6, 2024 ABC chair Kim Williams says investment is needed to fund the production of Australian stories, as he also calls for the ABC to be "aggressively, consciously ambitious" in its storytelling. In a wide-ranging conversation with Screen Producers Australia (SPA) CEO Matthew Deaner, which streamed on Facebook Live today, Williams said the formula for meeting Australia's creative ambitions is a mixture of investment [...]

ABC should be last broadcaster standing
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ABC should be last broadcaster standing

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ABC should be last broadcaster standing

Peter Vandeleur2024-08-12T12:39:19+09:302024-08-12|About the ABC, Digital Media, Independence, Public Media|

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 unhinged’ and should largely be ignored. Kim Williams, the current chair of the ABC, wants the organisation to be “the last broadcaster standing” and one of his first acts has [...]

Inside the overhaul at the ABC
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Inside the overhaul at the ABC

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Inside the overhaul at the ABC

Peter Vandeleur2024-08-09T17:01:14+09:302024-08-09|About the ABC, Digital Media, Independence, Public Media|

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 can succeed. The national broadcaster’s internal ructions found strong public resonance this month with the axing of The Drum. For some viewers lamenting the demise of the current affairs panel show, [...]

Remaking The ABC
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Remaking The ABC

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Remaking The ABC

Peter Vandeleur2024-07-31T11:36:35+09:302024-06-28|About the ABC, Public Media, Solial Media|

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 major speech as chair of the ABC, Williams has articulated a strident vision for the national broadcaster. It will be bigger, smarter and more willingly self-critical. Williams is not afraid [...]

The Conversation – Kim Williams
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The Conversation – Kim Williams

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The Conversation – Kim Williams

Peter Vandeleur2024-06-23T11:05:52+09:302024-06-23|About the ABC, Digital Media, Independence, Public Media, Solial Media|

ABC chair Kim Williams calls for public broadcaster to be ‘national campfire’ and to understand its audiences better June 19, 2024 Misha Ketchell – Editor New ABC chair KimWilliams has said the public broadcaster should become a reimagined “National Campfire”, fostering a stronger sense of community togetherness and conversation in a world increasingly fragmented by social media. Williams also said the ABC must understand its audiences better and warned [...]

ABC Chair ‘areas for improvement’
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ABC Chair ‘areas for improvement’

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ABC Chair ‘areas for improvement’

Peter Vandeleur2024-06-20T13:35:38+09:302024-06-20|About the ABC, Digital Media, Independence, Public Media, Solial Media|

The Guardian | Amanda Meade | June 19,2024ABC has ‘areas for improvement’ but can be force for ‘togetherness’, broadcaster’s chair says In wide-ranging speech, Kim Williams says digital age has led to ‘fragmentation’ at the ABC and warns against ‘insidious and dangerous’ ideas of censorship ABC chair Kim Williams has outlined his vision for the ABC as a cultural force for national cohesion in the face of threats from the [...]

The ABC of craven capitulation
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The ABC of craven capitulation

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The ABC of craven capitulation

Peter Vandeleur2024-06-04T13:42:50+09:302024-06-04|About the ABC, Independence, Public Media, Solial Media|

www.theshot.net.au The Shot | By Jo Dyer June 3, 2024 It’s ironic that the Sydney Writers’ Festival event at which Laura Tingle made what has become a bizarrely infamous comment about the pervasive racism of Australian society was a live version of the Insiders we used to have when we used to have nice things on the ABC. Back when David Speers was safely sequestered as one of the saner [...]

Laura Tingle’s statement
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Laura Tingle’s statement

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Laura Tingle’s statement

Peter Vandeleur2024-06-02T13:20:25+09:302024-06-02|About the ABC, Independence, Public Media|

ABC Posted 29 May, 2024 Statement by Laura Tingle, 7.30 Chief Political Correspondent For much of the past two weeks, the political debate has focused not on the federal Budget but on the Leader of the Opposition's budget reply in which he pledged to cut migration to deal with the housing crisis. I have written and broadcast on this decision and its implications on ABC platforms numerous times since then. [...]

Laura Tingle’s ‘counselling’, – ABC risks giving the bullies a victory
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Laura Tingle’s ‘counselling’, – ABC risks giving the bullies a victory

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Laura Tingle’s ‘counselling’, – ABC risks giving the bullies a victory

Peter Vandeleur2024-06-02T13:25:26+09:302024-06-02|About the ABC, Independence, Public Media|

The Guardian | Margaret Simons | Saturday June 1, 2024 In publicising Laura Tingle’s ‘counselling’, the ABC risks giving the bullies a victory. No matter what the national broadcaster does, News Corp and the Australian will keep gnawing at it There are a few things we can assume the ABC board and executive know only too well. First, News Corporation, and the Australian newspaper in particular, will always attack the ABC. [...]

Truthful, not neutral:
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Truthful, not neutral:

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Truthful, not neutral:

Peter Vandeleur2024-03-31T16:55:47+10:302024-03-31|About the ABC, Independence, Public Media|

Crikey | Alexandra Wake | March 26, 2024 Why the ABC’s ‘impartiality’ warning isn’t the full story. The ABC’s chair Kim Williams has come out firing in his first week in the role, telling journalists they must acknowledge the broadcaster’s statutory requirement to be impartial or walk out the door. Often, it’s not that simple. It’s always been one of the most difficult things to teach young people, but if they want [...]