Tag: ABC
Keith Jackson: Act now over grave threat facing Australian press freedom
OPEN LETTER: By Keith Jackson
I joined the Australian Journalists Association (now the MEAA - Media Alliance) in, I think, 1971, when I still lived...
Press freedom under police attack – Democracy Now! probes ABC raid
Press freedom groups are sounding the alarm over a pair of police raids on journalists in Australia. Video: Democracy Now!
By Democracy Now!
Press freedom groups...
Police raids on ABC: The day news theory became reality
COMMENTARY: By Alexandra Menzies of UTS Central News in Sydney
As I stood out the front of the ABC's Sydney headquarters on Wednesday morning (June...
MEAA blasts ‘disturbing assaults’ on press freedom after new ABC raid
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Two raids by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) on journalists and media organisations within the last 24 hours represent a disturbing...
Mary-Louise O’Callaghan: Time we heard the Pacific’s take on the Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Mary-Louise O'Callaghan
It is both apt and overdue that veteran ABC correspondent Sean Dorney was last night awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Journalism...
‘Rethink’ say ABC friends condemning Canberra’s Pacific media plan
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A public broadcasting advocacy group has condemned Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s plan to commercialise Pacific broadcasting as not being able...
Next ABC chief must be advocate for public broadcasting, says MEAA
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The next managing director of the ABC must be prepared to fight for better funding and independence, and to champion public...
Nauru media ban on ABC targets Australian detention centre gag
There has been much wringing of hands over Nauru’s ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for next month’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ summit. But,...
Protests gather force over Nauru ban on ABC from Pacific Forum
By Mong Palatino
Protests have been gathering force over the Nauru government ban on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from entering the country to cover...
Colin Peacock: New era heralded in broadcasting – or more of...
ANALYSIS: By Colin Peacock of RNZ's Mediawatch
The allocation of $15 million for public broadcasting will be split between RNZ, New Zealand on Air and...
Nauru government’s move against press freedom ‘disgraceful’
COMMENT: By Miranda Ward on Red Ink
The Nauru government’s refusal to allow the ABC from entering the country to cover the upcoming Pacific Islands...
Help ‘revitalise’ Australia’s broadcast voice in Asia-Pacific, say advocates
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A group of Australia-based supporters is trying to revitalise Australian broadcasting in the Pacific and Asia region.
For more than 50 years,...
China takes up Australia’s former radio frequencies in Pacific
By RNZ Pacific
China has taken over many of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's former shortwave radio frequencies into the Pacific.
In response to budget cuts, the...
Deported Chinese nationals alleged to be sex workers, not fraudsters
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The 77 Chinese citizens deported from Fiji by uniformed Chinese police in August were sex workers, according to an investigative report...
Pacific loses shortwave radio that dodges dictators – warns of disasters
By Dr Alexandra Wake in Melbourne
As a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Kirakira in the Solomon Islands early today, triggering a...
ABC Four Corners crew avoid charges over Malaysian PM incident
The ABC Four Corners news team in Malaysia have been told they will not be charged over an incident with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib...
The presidential leak, PNG’s bid for Bougainville Copper and the policy...
Report from the Pacific Media Centre
With the window for Bougainville's independence referendum now open, time is of the essence if the ABG is to...
