ABC Managing Director David Anderson has worked his way up at the national broadcaster since 1989, when he first joined the organisaton as a switchboard operator.

He spoke at the National Press Club this week to push the point about the national broadcaster's value to Australia and also discussed the need for the ABC to be paid by the tech titans for content that appears on facebook and google. Highlights form his speech are below:
 

“Nothing has been left untouched.”

The ABC’s Director of News Gaven Morris explains the strategy behind the recent cut to the 0745 radio news.

In a detailed interview with Steve Ahern, Morris says there is a bigger picture than just cutting a bulletin, the change is part of the rebalancing of priorities to better serve digital audio services, as well as broadcast radio.

Opinion from John Patkin

ABC Radio has changed some programming in Queensland after "great audience feedback," following a temporary period when Adam Stephens’ Northern drive program went to listeners in Western Queensland and Capricornia.

They will now hear the FNQ drive show, hosted by Adam Stephen, on a regular basis.

This will allow ABC Radio Queensland's southern drive presenter Sheridan Stewart to concentrate on the big markets of the Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba and Bundaberg.

As the Bushfire Royal Commission continues, the ABC has released independent research that shows Australians turned to the national broadcaster in record numbers during the recent bushfire crisis.

The research shows that the ABC was the most trusted information source during the fires and that lives were saved as a result of people acting on information the ABC provided.

The ABC has committed more than $3 million to date from its Fresh Start Fund to help kickstart Australian productions and content ideas during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since the launch of the $5 million development fund on 23 April, the ABC has earmarked some $3.2 million of the total to more than 80 productions and ideas for new Australian dramas, documentaries, comedies, music, arts and children’s content.

The Australian newspaper has accused Norman Swan of being “after money to turn spin doctor.”

In the midst of the growing conceen about the Corona Virus, ABC RN’s Norman Swan and colleague Tegan Tailor have launched a podcast that examines the medical research and answers listeners questions.

The virus has bow been declared a pandemic.

Swan, a qualified medical doctor and long time host of ABC Radio’s Health Report, has told radioinfo:
 

Across this week, in front of a 300 plus ABC studio audience in Melbourne, host Libbi Gorr along with panellists Virginia Trioli, Nadine Garner, Indira Naidoo, Geraldine Hickey and Vika Bull share what feminism means to them, and if it's still relevant in their lives.