About ABC Friends
We are a not-for-profit volunteer based organisation with 85,000 members and supporters across Australia. We have operating divisions in all states and territories.
Our Strategy
We advocate to ensure that the ABC remains independent and fully funded to fulfil its role as Australia’s national public broadcaster and media organisation as set out in the ABC Charter.
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Below are some of our latest posts. More can be found under the MEDIA heading on the menu.
ABC News and The Drum
ABC statement December 12,2023 The ABC has today announced proposed changes that will focus ABC NEWS Channel on its core roles of continuous news, breaking news and news video production, geared to service strong demand from digital audiences, and [...]
Speech by David Anderson MD of The ABC
Following are the concluding remarks of a speech given by the Managing Director of the ABC, David Anderson, on 17 November 2023 at The Annual Dinner of ABC Friends, Victoria. Link to the full speech "So we [...]
Australians demand Independent ABC Board
70% Australians Demand Independent Selection for ABC Board Australia Institute The survey was taken between 29 August and 1 September 2023, with nationally representative samples by gender, age group and state/territory. A further 406 South Australians and 127 Queenslanders [...]
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.