Quentin Dempster

Quentin Dempster AM is a journalist, broadcaster and author. He is a former ABC presenter, interviewer, producer and investigative reporter. He is a former chairman of the Walkley Foundation and former chair of the Walkley judging panel for the annual awards for excellence in Australian journalism. Quentin is also a regular contributor to Pearls and Irritations and other publications.

Quentin's recent articles

Subs and secrets: Will Australia choose AUKUS or sovereignty?

Subs and secrets: Will Australia choose AUKUS or sovereignty?

The Americanisation of Australia: how were rapidly losing our cultural sovereignty

The Americanisation of Australia: how were rapidly losing our cultural sovereignty

An exploratory platform for thinkers and analysts

An exploratory platform for thinkers and analysts

Meta versus Australia

Meta versus Australia

Podcast: Australias recognition of the State of Palestine an overdue move in support of peace

Podcast: Australias recognition of the State of Palestine an overdue move in support of peace

Accessory to genocide in Gaza

Accessory to genocide in Gaza

Journalism, propaganda and war

Journalism, propaganda and war

Ita out - so whats next for the ABC?

Ita out - so whats next for the ABC?

Their minds are not clear - the late Evan Whitton

Their minds are not clear - the late Evan Whitton

Pearls and Irritations: taking you places commercial media dare not go

Pearls and Irritations: taking you places commercial media dare not go

Laura Tingle: the next ABC staff-elected director?

Laura Tingle: the next ABC staff-elected director?

Don't be relieved by that ABC funding promise: it's not what it seems

Don't be relieved by that ABC funding promise: it's not what it seems

Last chance saloon: ABC crucial to the survival of local TV production

Last chance saloon: ABC crucial to the survival of local TV production

Under fire: Ita Buttrose goes into battle for ABC independence

Under fire: Ita Buttrose goes into battle for ABC independence

Expect to hear from Ita Buttrose as ABC faces uncertain funding future

Expect to hear from Ita Buttrose as ABC faces uncertain funding future

Why cant we agree on the powers needed for a Commonwealth Integrity Commission?

Why cant we agree on the powers needed for a Commonwealth Integrity Commission?

Assange: Still waiting for your right to know

Les Miserables - Killing the ABC in a time of national emergency

The ABCs five-year plan is spin for managed decline

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. BuzzFeed out: So much for diversity in Australias media

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Let er rip!: Snowy 2.0 project now an integrity test for Gladys Berejiklian

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Catholic Church duplicitous and unaccountable in needs-based school funding says Malcolm Turnbull

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Google and Facebook versus News Corp/Nine as Australias newspapers are declared terminal

QUENTIN DEMPSTER supports Pearls and Irritations.

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. The Frankenstein effect - why whistleblowers are needed now, more than ever

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. New nuclear arms race brings higher risk of global catastrophe

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Press Freedom - thank god for Annika Smethursts underwear drawer

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Why the Libs cannot be trusted with the ABC..

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Berejiklian government in danger in NSW election

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. The ABC is now fighting for its survival (Speech delivered on 7 February 2019)

PMs anti-corruption commission is a picture of impotence (The New Daily, 14.12.18)

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Mass media power plays and the death of Fairfax

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Google vs News Corp in Australian algorithm war

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. A short history of the ABC. Part 2.

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. A short history of the ABC. Part 1.

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. ABC: Frontrunners to replace Justin Milne emerge (the New Daily, 27.09.18)

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Government moves ABC chair Justin Milne to the exit ramp (the NewDaily, 27.09.18)

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Was there a political motivation behind ABCs Michelle Guthrie sacking?

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Because its wreck-able: Anger mounting at decision to end Fairfax.

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. The new coalition that is really governing Australia.

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Australias sledge hammer to crack foreign influence pedlars.

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Now only 4 cents a day: ABC Board planning public campaign

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Positions vacant: NBN Cos death seat.

Emma Albericis now more critical tax cuts analysis reposted by ABC

Has the ABC buckled to PM Malcolm Turnbull by removing critical analysis of the claimed benefits of corporate tax cuts?

The ABCs selective publication of classified documents: gutless kow-tow or responsible journalism?

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Slack electoral regulations and the arrogance of power

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. Death and departure at the ABC

QUENTIN DEMPSTER. With talk of war, what should Australia do?

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