Welcome to the Friends of the ABC in NSW

ABC Board vacancies to stay vacant for the time being!

The Australian government would not fill two soon-to-be vacant positions on the ABC Board, until it could establish a fair, merit based appointment process, according to the Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy. [more]

ABC CLEANS UP IN COUCH POTATO AWARDS

Each year the critics who write for the SMH Guide nominate the best TV productions in a number of categories. In the 2007 Awards, ABC shows won 12 of the 17 awards. [more]

Congratulations to ABC Walkley Award Winners

NSW Friends of the ABC congratulates the following ABC staff journalists and presenters who have won 2007 Walkley Awards.

Once again, the ABC has led the way in outstanding broadcasting. [more]

The Friends of the ABC NSW Award for Excellence in Broadcasting for 2007 goes to Robyn Williams and the Radio National Science Show

Producer and presenter of The Science Show since its launch in August 1975, Robyn has given 32 years of outstanding and distinguished service to both the ABC and the listening public of Australia. Working within very limited financial resources, Robyn has, over those 32 years, provided us with a program of a consistently high standard, often controversial, always entertaining, and of interest to both the scientist and layperson. [more]

Your ABC: proudly brought to you by your sponsors?

“This service, the ABC, now belongs to you. We are your trustees. It is a service that is not run for profit, but purely in the interests of every section of the community.” [more]

Please do not Commercialise the ABC

On 2nd May our President Mal Hewitt wrote to Mark Scott, Managing Director of the ABC, expressing our shared concern:

Dear Mr Scott,

Please do not Commercialise the ABC [more]

Advertisements on the ABC Website?

Once again the prospect of commercialising the ABC is on the agenda. [more]

President's Report

In this special Election Issue of Update we have provided you with information to enable you to assess the policies of each of the parties relating to the ABC. Friends of the ABC has never been a supporter of one or other of the mainstream parties (both Labor and Liberal governments have been responsible for the steady erosion of funding for the ABC since 1986), after 11 years of the Howard government, their attitude on key issues is fairly clear. [more]