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.
Margaret Simons- Public Media and the ABC
Margaret Simons | Parliament House Canberra| February 5, 2025 This speech was given to a group of Parliamentarians, ABC Friends,and ABC Alumni After the last week or so, many people are asking whether our political trajectory will be different from [...]
Response to News Corporation article
From ABC Chair Kim Williams ABC Media Centre | February 14, 2025 The article by Stephen Drill in today’s News Corporation Mastheads (“ABC costs Aussies more than a Netflix subscription as lavish $1.1 billion dollar budget revealed”) is an inaccurate, unbalanced [...]
Supporting the independence of our national broadcasters
Minister for Communications The Hon Michelle Rowland MP Media Release Monday 16 December, 2024 The Albanese Government is affirming the independence of the national broadcasters with additional ongoing funding for the ABC and the announcement today of its commitment to [...]
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.