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Helen Grasswill
Helen Grasswill is a Walkley, Logies and Human Rights award-winning journalist. She is a co-founder and former Deputy Chair of ABC Alumni. These are her personal views.
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Can Kim Williams fix turmoil at the ABC?
With the announcement last week of Kim Williams as the new ABC Chair, it’s timely to consider not only what needs to be done to address recent controversies but, more broadly, what we as a society want from our major public media institution and what is needed for it to thrive. Continue reading »
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In solidarity with Stan Grant
The racist vitriol to which our ABC colleague Stan Grant has been subjected, especially over the last few weeks, says a lot about Australia’s media. And it’s not pretty. Continue reading »
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When politics fail: The folly in under-funding the ABC’s international services
The ABC is under such constant pressure and threats from government (as well as relentless attacks from hostile media and other organisations such as the IPA), it’s not surprising that public attention is almost exclusively on the domestic service. Continue reading »
