Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian national public broadcaster
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| 2024 | ABC sacked journalist Antoinette Lattouf after a group called Lawyers for Israel advocated for her dismissal due to a critical post about Israel from Human Rights Watch. |
| October 2 2024 | Katrina Sedgwick appointed to the ABC Board, with a term ending 1 October 2029. |
| May 2024 | ABC started moving from its Ultimo office to a new Parramatta office, with ABC Radio Sydney Mornings being the first program broadcast from the new studio. |
| March 2024 | The ABC aired a controversial documentary 'Ukraine's War: The Other Side' by Sean Langan, which was heavily criticized by Ukrainian ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko for appearing to favor the Russian perspective on the war. |
| March 7 2024 | Kim Williams was appointed as Chair, with his term set to end on 6 March 2029. |
| 2023 | The ABC lost a defamation case against Heston Russell, withdrawing its truth defence and opting for a public interest defence. Justice Lee awarded Russell $390,000 in damages, with legal expenses estimated between $1.2 million and $3 million. |
| 2023 | The ABC moves to a five-year funding term, fulfilling a Labor election pledge. |
| December 2023 | Antoinette Lattouf was hired for five days to fill in for Sarah Macdonald on ABC Radio Sydney, but was sacked three days later due to her social media posts about the Israel-Gaza conflict. She subsequently initiated legal action with the Fair Work Commission alleging racial discrimination. |
| October 16 2023 | Nicolette Maury and Louise McElvogue were appointed to the ABC Board, with their terms set to end on 15 October 2028. |
| June 2023 | Released a five-year plan to shift resources from radio and television to digital platforms. |
| May 2023 | ABC faced widespread criticism for its live coverage of King Charles III's Coronation, which featured an anti-monarchy panel discussion instead of direct event reporting. |
| May 1 2023 | Laura Tingle was appointed as Staff-elected director, with her term set to end on 30 April 2028. |
| April 19 2023 | ABC was criticized for delayed reporting on independent senator Lidia Thorpe's altercation outside a Melbourne strip club, only publishing an online story after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged Thorpe to seek help. |
| January 31 2023 | An AM report about an Alice Springs town meeting was found to breach impartiality standards, with the Ombudsman's Office upholding 19 complaints about the report. |
| 2022 | Helen Clifton retired from the Chief Digital and Information Officer role. |
| November 2022 | Suzanne Dredge was appointed as the first Head of Indigenous News at the ABC. |
| December 2021 | ABC announced the creation of an additional '50-plus' new jobs in regional Australia, following commercial agreements with digital platforms under the Morrison government's News Media Bargaining Code. |
| June 2021 | ABC partnered with First Nations Media Australia to bring more Indigenous voices to Australian media, as part of their Reconciliation Action Plan. |
| June 2021 | ABC announced a plan to relocate approximately 300 staff to offices in Parramatta, with 75% of journalists and producers expected to move out of the Ultimo building by 2025 to reduce costs. |
| May 2021 | Christian Porter discontinued his defamation lawsuit against the ABC over an article by Louise Milligan about a historic rape allegation. |
| May 24 2021 | Claire Gorman was appointed to an expanded role managing both the International Strategy and International Development teams. |
| December 2020 | The ABC Board commissioned its 19th editorial review by an independent reviewer, which found the news coverage leading up to the 2019 Australian election was 'overwhelmingly positive and unbiased', though some specific program episodes were critiqued for narrow viewpoint range. |
| November 2020 | ABC Grandstand was merged with ABC Sport. |
| October 2020 | The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions dropped potential charges against journalist Dan Oakes related to the Afghan Files story. |
| June 2020 | ABC TV's Insiders program faced criticism for lack of diversity, with Indigenous Affairs editor Bridget Brennan becoming the first person of colour to appear on the show after an all-white panel discussed Black Lives Matter. |
| June 2020 | ABC announced job cuts of 250 positions, program reductions, and budget cuts following government funding reductions. Transmission and radio news cuts were planned, with ABC Life to be rebranded as ABC Local. |
| June 2020 | ABC announced it needed to cut 229 jobs, reduce travel and production budgets due to budget indexation freeze by the Turnbull government in 2018. |
| April 20 2020 | ABC Media Watch program discusses criticisms of the ABC's coverage of Cardinal George Pell, noting accusations of a 'witch hunt' and highlighting concerns about the network's one-sided reporting and social media commentary. |
| February 2020 | Federal court dismissed the AFP's case against the ABC regarding the document examination. |
| December 2019 | Launched a refreshed ABC homepage. |
| June 5 2019 | Australian Federal Police (AFP) raided ABC headquarters searching for articles about alleged misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan (Afghan Files). |
| May 6 2019 | David Anderson began his first term as Managing Director, with the term initially set to end on 1 July 2023. |
| February 2019 | Ita Buttrose was named chair of the ABC after a four-month vacancy. |
| January 2019 | ABC Commercial split from the Finance division and became an independent business unit of the ABC. |
| 2018 | In the budget, the ABC faces a pause of indexation of operation funding, saving the federal government $83.7 million over 3 years. |
| December 31 2018 | ABC Shop Online and in-store ABC Centres were wound up, marking the end of their retail operations. |
| September 27 2018 | ABC Chair Justin Milne resigned following allegations of political interference. |
| September 23 2018 | Michelle Guthrie was fired as managing director. |
| June 2018 | Liberal Party's annual federal council voted to privatise the ABC, though the decision was not considered likely to impact government policy. |
| February 2018 | The ABC introduced a new logotype and brand positioning under the tagline 'Yours', officially retiring the 2002 silver logo. |
| February 2018 | Most recent logo change introduced, featuring a new logotype and brand positioning under the tagline 'Yours'. The 2002 silver logo was discontinued. |
| November 2017 | Studio 31 (Ripponlea studio) closed, with operations moving to the new Southbank ABC Centre. |
| September 2017 | ABC replaced its original radio app with the new ABC Listen app, which expanded coverage to include 45 radio stations and audio networks. |
| August 2017 | Refurbished premises in the Melbourne Arts Precinct in Southbank were opened, featuring 5 TV studios, 19 radio studios, and production facilities. |
| May 2017 | Helen Clifton appointed to the new role of Chief Digital and Information Officer. |
| April 10 2017 | Launched the unified ABC News brand. |
| February 2017 | Lynley Marshall departed from her role at ABC International. |
| January 31 2017 | Radio Australia ceased broadcasting short-wave radio signals after this date. |
| 2016 | ABC International was no longer represented as a separate division in the organizational structure of the ABC. |
| 2016 | The Melbourne Press Club presented the Quill for Coverage of an Issue or Event to the ABC for their report on George Pell and Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church, specifically awarding Louise Milligan and Andy Burns the Golden Quill award for their extensive coverage of Cardinal George Pell's evidence at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. |
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