That would mean the government is directly interfering with the ABC and would basically end it as an independent public broadcaster. What a ridiculous and scary comment.
ABC’s Speaking Out marks 30 years of giving a voice to Indigenous Australians
ABC Radio Indigenous’ flagship program Speaking Out today celebrates 30 years of giving a voice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on the national stage.
The program, which first went to air on 1 July 1990, is the nation’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander program produced and presented by Indigenous broadcasters.
Speaking Out, presented by Larissa Behrendt, features politics and culture from a range of Indigenous perspectives, underlying the ABC’s ongoing commitment to ensuring Australians embrace Indigenous cultures and stories in their daily lives.
ABC Radio Indigenous Editor Daniel Browning, a Bundjalung/Kullilli man, said Speaking Out had covered a range of topical issues over the past three decades, including key events in Indigenous affairs from the High Court’s Mabo decision, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, the Northern Territory Intervention and the global Black Lives Matter movement.
“ Speaking Out has reached this milestone because of the professionalism, hard work and commitment of Indigenous staff. It has been and continues to be a feat of endurance,” he said. “I want to thank every member of the Speaking Out team over the past 30 years for continuing to keep our voices and our stories on air, sometimes in very trying and difficult circumstances.”
Presenter Larissa Berhrendt, a Gamilaroi/Eualeyai woman and Distinguished Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney, said Speaking Out has been an important platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices and perspectives. “This is a milestone to be celebrated as it has been a cumulative and continuous effort to ensure key issues are covered,” she said.
“The show has also been a place for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander journalists and broadcasters to work on the stories that mainstream media has overlooked. It’s an important show with a long tradition that I’m so proud to be a small part of.”
Speaking Out first aired on ABC Local Radio on Sunday evenings, with Wayne Coolwell as the program’s inaugural presenter. Karen Dorante took over the role from 1998 to 2007, followed by former triple j Breakfast news presenter Rhianna Patrick. From 2014, the program was presented by Donald Johannessen, before current host Larissa Behrendt came on board in 2016. Other past presenters include Charmaene Scott, Kerry Klimm and Stan Grant.
The hour-long program exemplifies the ABC’s commitment to champion content and initiatives that recognise and embrace Australia’s Indigenous history and cultures.
“We are wholly invested in and deeply connected to the stories we tell – these are the voices of our communities and ABC Indigenous remains committed to the telling,” Browning said.
ABC Radio Indigenous also produces the programs Awaye! , about vibrant Aboriginal arts and culture, and Word Up , about the diverse languages of black Australia.
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Some shuffles on ABC Radio Brisbane last week with presenter holidays.
Breakfast - Kelly Higgins-Devine filled in for Craig and Loretta last week.
Afternoons - Anthony Frangi filled in for Kat Feeney on Tuesday and Kat Davidson Wednesday to Friday.
Evenings - Sarah Howells filled in for Kelly.
And next week Kate O’Toole is filling in for Rebecca Levingston on Mornings.
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Would also be a good idea to remove the TV channels before setting it up as a ABC/SBS radio via TV box.
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Can’t they just do a national bulletin for ABC Newsradio that is simulcast across ALL of their stations? The Chinese do it…
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Difficult to understand how it will save $2 million a year when the same journalists compile and read the 7:45am and existing 8:00am news.
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There is also a producer employed to help each state compile those bulletins each day. So imagine the saving is coming from cumulative effect of having one less staff member on payroll in each state 7 days a week, weekend penalties, early shift start rates etc…
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Is 7:45 all this producer does? No role in 7:00 or other bulletins? I too find it hard to beleive it will save that much money.
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That producer only does the 7:45am news?
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One imagines they would provide support to the other bulletins and write/produce copy and reports for bulletins too. But that would be a question for someone who fills that role.
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Brad ‘The Traffic Guy’ as heard on ABC local radio and commercial radio in Queensland.
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Has the ABC changed signage across all its buildings recently? I’ve noticed that the Muswellbrook office/studios has new signage. I might take some photos when I next pass them.
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ABC Central West has new signage on its Orange studios, in line with the standard corporate style. I don’t have photos handy, perhaps there’s something on Streetview?
All ABC buildings are getting new signage to match the current corporate look. ABC North Coast had theirs installed a few weeks ago.
The morning AM radio producer compiles all bulletins from 5.30am to 11am, 7.45am inclusive. The morning news presenter also helps produce the bulletins in that time period.
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So is that person going in order to save money or is there another way this works? If the newsreader and producer remain, the “extra” stories as 7:45 are mostly regional or from foreign correspondents and it seems as though those stories will still be told by rural newsrooms and foreign correspondents at 7am and others, where is the money saved?
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Are there any ABC cuts to Australia all over? I love the concept of the show but Maca plays and carries on with some crap. He needs to stop playing music from the 50’s and bird calls as most people just switch it off (my family included). The program is so much better when Warwick Long hosts it.
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Concept of the show is fine. But like the host - its become tired & stale.
I know many listeners who tire with it after a couple of years of listening.
The show needs a couple of electrodes attached to it with a defibrillator at the other end of them.
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