Margaret Reynolds
Margaret Reynolds has a long commitment to the peace movement dating back to the Anti-Vietnam Moratorium to current advocacy against militarism as National President of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.(Australia ) She was a Labor Senator for Queensland 1983-1999 and a member of Bob Hawke’s Ministry 1987-1990. She taught Human Rights and International Relations at University of Queensland 1999-2004 and has worked with a number of international non-government organisations.
Margaret's recent articles
5 March 2019
MARGARET REYNOLDS. Ita, the new ABC Chair
It is interesting to ponder the thoughts of the Prime Minister before he decided to make a captains call by appointing Ita Buttrose as Chair of the ABC Board. In doing so he has confounded critics and perhaps even signalled some remorse for the Federal Governments continuous assault on Australian public broadcasting.
13 February 2019
MARGARET REYNOLDS. I love the ABC and I Vote!!
Several public policy issues will be vigorously debated when Australians vote in this years Federal Election. But the one policy area where a vast majority of Australians can agree is that our national public broadcaster- the A B C- must be protected. More than 80 per cent of Australians trust the ABC above all other media and value its services to the community.
30 September 2018
MARGARET REYNOLDS. ABC Friends calls for Australians to rally to defend the independence of our ABC
The firestorm that hit the ABC this week is an opportunity for Australians to demand that all political parties commit to absolute independent governance of the ABC.