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National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 27 January 2024 How the government can build on what’s been a good month
National Affairs Michael Gill 1 September 2023 Is the broadcaster judging itself according to the wrong criteria? National Affairs Geraldine Doogue 7 August 2023 Denial is no solution to the ABC’s problems. But neither is panic Books & Arts Rowan Callick 21 January 2023 An account of the fluctuating fortunes of Radio Australia ends on an optimistic note Essays & Reportage Margaret Simons 12 November 2021 Gaven Morris leaves the job of ABC news director after six of the broadcaster’s most controversial years
From the archive Margaret Simons 2 September 2021 Renewed allegations of corruption in 1980s New South Wales have reawakened strong feelings
National Affairs Peter Mares 27 August 2021 Timid governments need shaking up — but the pressure won’t come from the top National Affairs Margaret Simons 21 May 2021 Has the government broken its habit of making political appointments to the ABC board? National Affairs Margaret Simons 12 March 2021 The media is entering challenging new territory. Let’s hope the reporters don’t get in the way of the story National Affairs James Meese 20 February 2020 As the implications of the ACCC’s recommendations on digital platforms continue to unfold, the political challenges aren’t getting any easier
Books & Arts Jane Goodall 5 February 2020 Television | Renewed flagship programs highlight the strengths and weaknesses of ABC current affairs
National Affairs Margaret Simons 30 July 2019 Much has been written about what the regulator thinks of the big digital platforms, but what do its recommendations mean for reporting and analysis? National Affairs Frank Bongiorno 23 April 2019 Election 2019 | Twitter has changed the landscape of political reporting, and there’s no going back National Affairs Wanning Sun 21 February 2019 Can the ABC fill some of the blind spots in its China-related reporting? Correspondents David Hayes 17 October 2018 The Belfast novelist’s prize underlines the BBC’s cultural drift
Essays & Reportage Graeme Dobell 17 October 2018 Hard news and a free media are essential for Australian foreign policy — and that means we need a new, dedicated broadcasting organisation
National Affairs Margaret Simons 9 October 2018 We now know that at least one highly qualified ABC board candidate was knocked back by the government National Affairs Margaret Simons 1 October 2018 The independent panel produced its nominees, but the government had other ideas. Now it’s sitting on the names National Affairs Margaret Simons 24 September 2018 The departure of Michelle Guthrie exposes the weakness of the current ABC board and its strategy National Affairs Jane Goodall 5 September 2018 The ABC is experimenting with ways of deepening its coverage of regional Australia
National Affairs Peter Brent 18 June 2018 The Liberal Party’s national council has just made the government’s job that little bit harder
National Affairs Margaret Simons 14 November 2017 Where is the ABC heading? Michelle Guthrie’s latest announcement doesn’t make the future much clearer Books & Arts Jane Goodall 13 October 2017 Television | Michelle Guthrie’s vision for ABC current affairs is a mixed bag, with the history missing Books & Arts Jane Goodall 5 December 2016 Broadcasting | Is Michelle Guthrie copping the blame for two decades of attacks on the ABC? International John Fitzgerald 18 April 2016 China needs no help in silencing its critics at home and abroad. So how did Australia come to be part of the problem, asks John Fitzgerald
Podcasts Peter Clarke 5 November 2015 Jane Goodall and Stephen Mills join Peter Clarke to take the temperature of the political interview
Correspondents David Hayes 7 August 2015 National treasure to be defended or imperial behemoth to be tamed? A war over the BBC’s future is taking shape, says David Hayes National Affairs Ramon Lobato 16 July 2015 Lost in the fog of the Zaky Mallah controversy are more fundamental questions about the ABC’s role in representative democracy, writes Ramon Lobato Books & Arts Jock Given & Michael Brealey & Cathy Gray 21 May 2015 What might television look like in a year’s time, in a few years’ time, in a decade? Jock Given, Michael Brealey and Cathy Gray asked… Books & Arts Jane Goodall 29 July 2014 The centenary of the first world war has begun, writes Jane Goodall, but Australia’s public broadcasters are still feeling their way