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24.01.2022 We've thanked former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for joining his prime ministerial colleague Kevin Rudd by signing his parliamentary petition calling for a Royal Commission into the influence of the Murdoch empire on the independence of Australian media. Now all we need is for both former prime ministers to round up their respective party leaders to urge them to treat this issue as a priority. You can read more about this here: https://www.abcfriends.org.au/thank_you_mal...colm_turnbull And if you haven't already done so you can join ABC Friends and Mr Turnbull in signing the petition calling for a Royal Commission into Media Ownership and Influence in Australian Media here>>https://www.aph.gov.au/petition_list?id=EN1938 And sign ours here too>>https://www.abcfriends.org.au/abcfunding

24.01.2022 Only nine percent of Australians support the government's savage cuts to the ABC, while more than 3/4 of us want the slashing of services to stop! Meanwhile, Scott Morrison is giving tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to Rupert Murdoch... Become a member of ABC Friends and help us fight for our precious national public broadcaster>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/membership_signup #ValueOurABC #FundOurABC

24.01.2022 If Paul Fletcher's Communication Department are able to fast track money to prop up Murdoch's commercial FOXTEL sports coverage to the tune of $17.5 million, we eagerly await the announcement of fast tracked funding to restore the ABC's 7:45AM news broadcast, rehiring the 250 staff laid off, independent screen production funds, staff and journalist travel budgets... need we go on? Almost 6,000 Australians have signed our petition calling for a Senate Enquiry into ABC Funding..., including looking at the impact of diverting public broadcasting resources to overseas and local commercial interests. Read more>> https://www.abc.net.au//foxtel-benefited-from-fas/12690954 ...and please sign the petition if you haven't already>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/abcfunding #FundOurABC #EssentialABC #ValueOurABC

23.01.2022 It is important to recognise that the ABC is NOT a Government instrument, department, public sector agency or entity. Under the 1983 ABC Act, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is a statutorily independent body, independent of Government. Read Ranald Macdonald's retort to the official government response to many ABC Friends members concerns about ABC funding and independence>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/abc_doing_more_with_less #EssentialABC #FundOurABC #ValueOurABC

23.01.2022 Australia’s media is in crisis. Our media diversity is at an all time low. We need to help save AAP. Read more>>https://www.abcfriends.org.au/support_aap... Donate here>>https://www.gofundme.com/f/aap-needs-you #AAPNeedsYou #DefendMediaFreedom

23.01.2022 Will your favourite Senator side with Institute of Public Affairs and their cronies? Or will they support the essential role our ABC plays in democracy and times of disaster by joining our call for a Senate Inquiry into ABC funding? Read more about how you can help by contacting your favourite Senator>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/senator_support_enquiry_abc_f #FundOurABC #ValueOurABC #EssentialABC

22.01.2022 The recent announcement of $5 million of funding to independent newswire AAP indicates that Paul Fletcher can also recognise the role of public broadcasting in the forthcoming COVID-19 Recovery Budget. Read more>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/aap_media_diversity #FundOurABC #EssentialABC #ValueOurABC

18.01.2022 "Hell has no fury when the Liberal heartland is betrayed Northern Sydney residents have called on Bradfield MP and Minister for Communications, Paul Fletcher, to reverse the cuts to the ABC’s budget in the upcoming 2020-21 Federal Budget. Read more>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/liberal_heartland_betrayed... #FundOurABC #Budget2020 #ValueOurABC

15.01.2022 Northern Sydney residents forced to go to Canberra to find Minister, Paul Fletcher. "Despite asking for many meetings to discuss reversing the ABC cuts in the October budget, Mr Fletcher keeps telling us he is ‘unavailable’ to meet with us. If he won’t meet with us in Lindfield we will go to Canberra." Read More>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/find_minister_fletcher... #FundOurABC #ValueOurABC #Budget2020

15.01.2022 Thank you ABC Board Member Joseph Gersh. It’s great to see such well informed commentary about our national broadcaster. Today Gersh's article 'Why the ABC doesn’t need redemption' was published in The Australian in response to recent calls to defund the ABC.... You can read it here>> https://www.theaustralian.com.au//b9eae3ee14101094885b9b95 And you can see our blog post here>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/abc_doesnt_need_redemption

14.01.2022 Please join us and our special guests Fran Kelly and Dr Norman Swan to celebrate and thank the ABC for the outstanding role it has played in helping Australians through the crises of 2020. Each year, we present an excellence in broadcasting award to an individual at the ABC. This year, we are recognising the exceptional work of the ABC as a whole, and will present the award to ABC Managing Director, David Anderson via webinar. We have also invited two wonderful ABC presenters... to join us. Fran Kelly, RN Breakfast presenter, and Dr Norman Swan, Health Report and Coronacast presenter, are our guest speakers. They will tell us about their experience in working at the ABC in challenging broadcasting conditions, and through them, we will acknowledge the brilliant job done by all the individuals at the ABC. This event is free of charge but you must RSVP on our website here in order to receive your link to the webinar >> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/online_webinar_excellence_in_

14.01.2022 'Will ABC Chair, Ita Buttrose, champion a strong, independent ABC and stand up against Paul Fletcher and the Morrison Government's 'death by a thousand cuts' policy for our ABC?' Former CEO and editor in chief of The Age, and ABC Friend Media Advisor, Ranald Macdonald, shares his take on how the ABC fared in the recent Federal Budget>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/federal_budget_2020 #FundOurABC #ValueOurABC #Budget2020

14.01.2022 ABC Staff have been praised for their commitment to public broadcasting, especially during this year's natural disaster and pandemic emergencies. Sadly, 250 of these wonderful professionals have been made redundant by government funding decisIons which has put huge pressure on the ABC to reduce staff and programming. ABC Friends very much regrets that our national broadcaster has now lost over 1250 staff in recent years.... We thank ABC staff for their dedication to all Australians and wish them well. We very much hope there will be future renewal of Australian public broadcasting when government recognises its very wide ranging benefit and value to the community. ABC Friends urges all Australians to show their appreciation. #ValueOurABC #FundOurABC #EssentialABC

13.01.2022 ABC Friends recognises that there are many well qualified individuals who should apply to join the ABC Board and urges those people to put their names forward. It is time the selection process was made totally transparent so ABC shareholders, the people of Australia, can be assured that the political interference of previous appointments is not repeated.

12.01.2022 ABC Friends look forward to actively working with all Senators to guarantee that the recently announced Senate Inquiry into media diversity contributes to major reform. Read more>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/senate_inquiry_media_diversity What do you think it will reveal?... #FundOurABC #DefendMediaFreedom #EssentialABC

12.01.2022 Get your 2021 calendar now and ensure delivery before Christmas. All proceeds help ABC Friends campaign to restore funding to our ABC and defend media freedom! Get yours now>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/calendar

11.01.2022 Our friends at the MEAA have launched an action today to save the 7:45AM news bulletin on our ABC. Joining today's action is as easy as A,B,C! A) Take a photo of yourself with the image included in this post. B) Post it to social media.... C) Use the hashtags: #OurCommunities #OurStories #SaveOur745 BONUS: Twitter: Tag The Managing Director of ABC David Anderson @davidnanderson_, Ita Buttrose (@ItaButtrose) and Gaven Morris (@gavmorris) Facebook: Tag the ABC @ABC Australia And finally don’t forget to tag the MEAA with either @withMEAA (twitter) or @MEAA (facebook) #FundOurABC #EssentialABC #ValueOurABC

11.01.2022 ABC Friends have written an open letter to the ABC Chair, Ita Buttrose, and Managing Director, David Anderson, expressing grave concerns regarding the Federal Government’s political interference in ABC staffing and editorial processes. Read the open letter here>https://www.abcfriends.org.au/alberici_open_letter #ValueOurABC #DefendMediaFreedom

11.01.2022 ABC Friends from NSW & ACT held a candlelight vigil at the ABC in Canberra last night as the Budget was read. Analysis of the budget from ABC Friends will come later today. "For the loss of hundreds of first rate journalists, presenters, producers, researchers, camera operators, sound techs, managers at our ABC, we pay our tribute."... "We seek restoration of the lost funding to enable the ABC to hold truth to power, to protect our democracy with true freedom of the press." #ValueOurABC #FundOurABC

10.01.2022 Radio National's Phillip Adams is one of the most loyal of ABC Friends having spent a lifetime defending Public Broadcasting and Media Freedom - including attending a recent ABC Friends rally. He writes that 'even for its critics, the ABC is vital'>>https://www.abcfriends.org.au/philip_adams_even_for_its_cri #EssentialABC #ValueOurABC #FundOurABC

10.01.2022 Freedom of the press and the role of journalists within democracies has never been under such sustained attack. Think of Julian Assange, Witness K, Bernard Collaery, David McBride, Richard Boyle, the AFP raids on the ABC and News Corp’s Annika Smethurst. Join us for this online broadcast with Quentin Dempster AM, former Chair of the Walkley Foundation and veteran journalist, broadcaster and author, in conversation with University of South Australia's Professor Rick Sarre. We ...encourage ABC Friends everywhere to register now for this joint event being co-run by ABC Friends SA/NT and University of South Australia's Bob Hawke Centre. When you register you will have the opportunity to submit questions for the panel to discuss. This event will be broadcast on Thursday 19 November, 6pm to 7:15pm (CDT). https://www.abcfriends.org.au/criminalising_journalism_sile

10.01.2022 The ABC is being weakened maliciously and systematically, just when it is most needed in democratic Australia. Claims that there have been 'no cuts' are not just misleading, but blatantly dishonest. Ranald Macdonald serves up the truth>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/the_real_facts #FundOurABC #ValueOurABC #EssentialABC

09.01.2022 The Friends have a new calendar for 2021: Resilience & Renewal. Order yours NOW for a Xmas present - mail is a bit slower this year>>https://www.abcfriends.org.au/calendar At the end of this extraordinary year, ABC Friends and their friends have shared their personal responses to Australia’s recent devastating fires, the impact of the ongoing pandemic and the inevitable changes in all our lives. These are our stories of resilience and hope for 2021.

08.01.2022 ABC Friends commend Senator Sarah Hanson-Young on her recognition of the role that public broadcasting and good journalism plays in democracy. We agree that the tech giants, like Facebook and Google, need to pay their fair share, and that the ACCC need to include our public broadcasters in the code for digital platforms currently under development. We, like many Australians, are deeply concerned about the shift of government support to the commercial media sector rather than recognising its responsibility to maintain the ABC and SBS. #FundOurABC #ValueOurABC #DefendMediaFreedom

05.01.2022 The ABC and those who rely on it want, nay, deserve more! The Federal Budget offered no respite to the ABC with further reduction in funding in coming years and no announcement about repairing transmitters for the coming bush fire season. Read more about #Budget2020 here https://www.abcfriends.org.au/federal_budget_offered_no_res... #ValueOurABC #FundOurABC

05.01.2022 Revelations that the vital COVID-19 Response Package was used by the Federal Government to channel a $10 million sports grant to Foxtel demands immediate investigation. Read more>>https://www.abcfriends.org.au/who_let_the_fox_into_the_aust Take Action - join our call for a Senate inquiry into ABC funding>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/abcfunding... #ValueOurABC #FundOurABC #EssentialABC

04.01.2022 There is considerable community concern about the way the Federal Government has continually reduced funding for Australian public broadcasting while at the same time subsidising overseas and commercial media. TAKE ACTION: Join our call for a Senate Inquiry into ABC Funding 2015-2023>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/abcfunding #FundOurABC #ValueOurABC #EssentialABC

04.01.2022 In August ABCFriends launched a petition calling on the Senate to inquire into the way the ABC and commercial media are being funded by the Federal Government. Sadly, few senators have responded yet. Are Senators worried they may be criticised by foreign media? Now Kevin Rudd has decided it is time to take on the Murdoch Empire and is demand a full blown Royal Commission into Media Ownership and Influence in Australian Media. Sign his petition here>>https://www.aph.gov.au/pe...tition_list?id=EN1938 ...and sign ours here too>>https://www.abcfriends.org.au/abcfunding #DefendMediaFreedom #FundOurABC

04.01.2022 We need to know who is exerting outside pressure to favour commercial media over Our ABC: is it News Limited or the Institute of Public Affairs? This Government is continually favouring overseas or commercial media by offering cosy deals that are neither transparent nor in the public interest. Take Action and call for a Senate Inquiry into ABC funding>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/abcfunding... Read more>> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/government_discriminate_again #FundOurABC #ValueOurABC #EssentialABC

03.01.2022 ABC Friends today praised the ABC for its outstanding continuous coverage of the US Presidential Election over recent days. Not only did Australians have access to reliable news as the count proceeded, but ABC staff had also initiated a wide range of interviews with both Australian and American experts who could give detailed insights into the election process. Check out our post here >> https://www.abcfriends.org.au/congratulations_abc_continuou

02.01.2022 Paul Murphy has passed away at age 77. Many ABC Friends will remember Paul Murphy the host of ABC PM 1983-1993. He was a giant of his generation" bringing his warm voice of humanity to political journalism as he reported on day to day local events as well as being there just when world events required his foreign correspondent reporting skills.... He was highly regarded by his colleagues for his wit and wisdom and I personally recall some of his fearless interviewing during the Hawke and Keating years. Paul will be remembered for bringing his professionalism to programs like This Day Tonight, Nationwide and Dateline. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Vale Paul Murphy, a Wonderful Communicator. https://www.abcfriends.org.au/vale_paul_murphy

01.01.2022 ABC Friends welcome the ALP commitment to guarantee that Google and Facebook should pay ABC and SBS fees for news content. This announcement by Michelle Rowland MP, Shadow Minister for Communications, is a clear warning to the government that it cannot favour the commercial media sector ahead of public broadcasting for which government has a specific responsibility. The new code to force Google and Facebook to pay for the value they receive in distribution of Australian jour...nalism must be extended to include the ABC and SBS. The News Media Bargaining Code is creating interest around the world because it is challenging global media control over local public interest journalism. Read the coverage here>>https://www.theguardian.com//abc-and-sbs-should-also-recei #FundOurABC #ValueOurABC #DefendMediaFreedom