On 20 August 2025 the ABC published its new guidelines on public comment by ABC workers. Jonathan Holmes believes that, contrary to a lot of third-party commentary, the new guidelines offer more protection to ABC workers than existed before.
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Zoe Daniel, Independent candidate for
Goldstein . "Information is power. People need to receive information that can be relied upon.. It's really difficult to find that. It's what the ABC should be able to deliver. You can't do that unless you properly fund the organisation.”
Peter George independent candidate for Franklin: "I've always believed ABC and public broadcasting is the jewel in the crown of a democracy." #Auspol2025#Election2025#ourabc
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg – who died of a drug overdose in his Californian home today – says it is not Facebook’s role to be the arbiter of truth for everything people post online.
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It’s my birthday eve and I’ve reached the age where people ask me what I want for my birthday and the thought of thinking about what I might want is so exhausting I just say world peace.
Extended family are on a road trip. Catching up on Russia, If You’re Listening. 4yo niece pipes up with “pa-lease turn Uncle Matt off, he’s very boring”.
Anyway she’s out of the will now.
I’m on Download This Show this week with @petermarxy and @MarcFennell talking about the year in technology, including the winners, losers and weirdos. You can listen here: abc.net.au/radionational/…
Check out our review of the newly released book on Radio Australia by Phil Kafcaloudes, tracing the remarkable story of one of the national broadcaster’s flagship services. Review by Peter Marks.
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@ToshGreenslade eg: “Shaun gets more than he bargained for when a car he was buying turns out to be an ocean liner. Meanwhile, Roz and Francis are up to their old necks too when a horse they were impersonating has to be put down.”