topic: A fearless independent ABC
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Reach out beyond the ABC’s traditional audience, Anita Planchon tells ABC Friends
ABC Advisory Council chair Anita Planchon tells ABC Friends the ABC must reach new audiences, build media literacy and protect trusted journalism.
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The Python defence of the ABC
Peter Greste borrows from Monty Python to ask what the ABC has ever done for us, and why it is part of Australia’s democratic infrastructure.
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Truth under pressure: our democracy and misinformation
Our panel with Liberty Victoria on misinformation and democracy, chaired by Damien Carrick, has aired on The Law Report. Here is what our experts said.
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Impartiality or a question of balance?
Australia’s media regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found that the ABC breached its impartiality rules in a 2025 Four Corners episode about the…
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What’s the point of the 7pm news?
Former ABC correspondent Greg Wilesmith asks whether the 7pm news still delivers on its promise, arguing the ABC’s global reach and depth of talent deserve a richer,…
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Banning the ABC: an exercise in Trumpian censorship
From Trump’s White House media bans to One Nation excluding the ABC from press conferences, Cassandra Parkinson examines the growing threats to press freedom in Australia and…
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Letter to the editor: Do you trust the ABC & 4 Corners?
Peter Sutton, an Enduring Member of ABC Friends was asked if he still trusted the ABC and 4 Corners. This is his answer.
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Four Corners: What it takes to get the story
Four Corners’ lobbying investigation shows what public interest journalism takes, and why the ABC needs proper funding and independence to keep doing it.
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ABC Friends joins Democracy Counts
ABC Friends has joined Democracy Counts, a growing coalition defending Australian democracy through electoral reform, public interest journalism and a truly independent ABC.
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Segal wants to hijack the ABC
In July 2026 Jillian Segal AO Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism accused the ABC of systemic bias against Israel to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social…