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
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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.
The ABC of craven capitulation
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 [...]
Laura Tingle’s statement
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 [...]
Laura Tingle’s ‘counselling’, – ABC risks giving the bullies a victory
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 [...]
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.