July
How ‘the voice of the Games’ was nearly off the air for Paris
Bruce McAvaney has been calling the Olympic Games since 1984, but he was left feeling lost when Seven failed to pick up the broadcasting rights. Then the phone rang.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Australia rebuffs China plea to end anti-dumping tariffs
Tariffs on Chinese-made railway wheels will be reduced but not scrapped, following recommendations from the Anti-Dumping Commission.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Mediaweek publisher to ‘step back’ amid workplace misconduct claims
Formal complaints about alleged behaviour of Trent Thomas, owner of the trade media publication, lodged by two people and investigated by external firms.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
June
Kim Williams shares Paul Keating’s lesson on art of persuasion
The ABC’s new 72-year-old chairman plans to use a speech next week to argue a tsunami of American and British content is diluting Australian culture.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
The ABC’s version of Love Island? Don’t adjust your TV set
Leaked memo reveals ambitions for public broadcaster to launch reality TV shows.
- Mark Di Stefano
May
Laura Tingle rebuked by ABC for calling Australia racist
The chief political correspondent for the ABC’s 7.30 program has released a statement explaining the context for her comments describing Australia as racist.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Why you don’t have to be ruthless to be successful
Founder of Matchbox Pictures Tony Ayres talks about how to succeed without being ruthless, the value of unsent emails and, for telling stories, the rule of three.
- Lap Phan and Ciara Seccombe
April
Why Ita Buttrose used to spy on ABC hosts’ Twitter posts
The former ABC chairwoman has strong views on lots of topics, but social media use by journalists is a particular bugbear.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
March
India bans ABC broadcasts on Sikh separatist killing
The broadcasts related to the fallout from the alleged murder of a man whose slaying was linked to the Indian government by Canada’s prime minister.
- Nick Bonyhady
The ABC loses more in the Meta v media and government standoff
The more decisive the Albanese government is in its war with Meta, the more the ABC will lose in its Meta deal; Tentative open season for AI at News Corp.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Cranbrook Revisited (by the ABC)
Parents’ groups displayed no indication of any shift of allegiance away from battle-scarred headmaster Nicholas Sampson. Given the history, this is no wonder.
- Myriam Robin
February
‘Scandalous’: free-to-air networks lash TV makers for demanding a cut
Whether TV network apps appear on new TVs is an “existential” threat to broadcasters, CEOs told senators. Tech giants are demanding to clip the ticket.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Brad Banducci is retired, by the way
After dismissing the assessments of Rod Sims as coming from one “retired, by the way”, Woolworths’ CEO has announced his own retreat from executive office.
- Myriam Robin
- Analysis
- Political leadership
The ABC’s Nemesis is compelling political television
The three-part confessional account provides a vehicle for senior Liberals to flagellate each other. Malcolm Turnbull emerges as whip-in-chief.
- Aaron Patrick
January
The Chaser prepares for legal war against Britain’s ITV Studios
Far from being arrested for stunts, the media empire behind The Chaser is fighting against a quiz show that wants to use a similar name.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
A short history of nearly everything Kim Williams has said on the ABC
It’d take a book to compile incoming ABC chair Kim Williams’ thoughts on the ABC – luckily he did that; Kerry Stokes’ The Nightly poaches from News Corp
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
ABC tasks senior staff with creating ‘culturally safe’ newsroom
In an email, the public broadcaster’s news chief urged journalists to ‘pull together’ and ‘stay united’ amid escalating tensions and allegations of racism.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
ABC builds its own AI model
An email to staff from the ABC’s news standards editor said the broadcaster was “conducting trials to use AI to enhance our work and make it accessible to more Australians”.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Harder, faster: Kim Williams takes lessons from News Corp to ABC
Pushing deep, structural change at News Corp put Kim Williams offside with editors early on in his short tenure there. How will he lead as ABC chairman?
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Opinion
- Byelection
Like it or not, the Middle East runs through our politics
The Dunkley by-election will be fought and lost on kitchen table issues. But it is a distant conflict that is piling pressure on political parties and even the national broadcaster.
- Laura Tingle
