Order is approximate by date in each section.
Only articles that appeared on this website are included.
Media Releases, Letters to The Age and Open Letters from FABC
| Open Letter to the Prime Minister and Reply 16/6/96 | Leave Our Screens Blank! - Dr June Factor 28/8/96 |
| A Letter to Members Dr June Factor, President FABC (Vic.) 17/12/96 | ABC Friends New Year Resolution - Australia wide 1/1/97 |
| Budget Submission to Government - Implement the Better Broadcasting Policy 25/2/97 | Regional Australia to Suffer - Major ABC Budget Cuts 5/3/97 |
| Broken Promises! - FABC National Committee 13/5/97 | Government Attempts to Control the ABC: Stage Two - Dr June Factor 28/8/97 |
| Senator Alston at the Law Institute - Untrue Assertions 10/9/97 | Friends of the ABC Under Surveillance - The Victorian Police Force Confesses 8/10/97 |
| Letter to Dr Perry, Vic. Ombudsman - Call for Inquiry 13/10/97 | Media Release - Minister for Miscommunications treats public with contempt, again! 6/11/97 |
| Letter to The Age Government Meddling with the ABC's Charter - Dr June Factor 8/12/97 | Government Politicises ABC Board - Dr June Factor on the appointment of Michael Kroger to ABC Board 5/2/98 |
| Government Interference in the Independence of the ABC - Letter to The Age - Dr June Factor 8/5/98 | Budget Means Three Steps Backwards for the ABC News Release: National Committee FABC 12/5/98 |
| Minister for Miscommunications - Letter to The Age - Dr June Factor 3/7/98 | Campaigning for the ABC - Dr June Factor 20/8/98 |
| Vic. Government Inquiry - FABC (Vic) response to 'ABC Production: Discussion Paper on the Future of ABC Television Production' (in Vic.) 1/4/99 | New President for FABC (Vic) Ms Lecki Ord, Former Lord Mayor of Melbourne |
| Strategies for the Future - a letter to members from Lecki Ord. 10/3/99 | "Performance audit" needed into Vic Inquiry into ABC - Media Release, Lecki Ord. 26/5/99 |
| Letter to The Age - ABC Inquiry - Lecki Ord. 28/5/99 | ABC move from Ripponlea to Murray Green 15.12.99 |
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Opinions, comments, quotations, and articles on the plight of the ABC
| Clive James on The National Interest 28/4/96 | Law Institute of Victoria - Media Release 4/7/96 |
| Fear
and Loathing and the ABC Leader, State Opposition (Vic.), Mr John Brumby 26/9/96 |
Interesting Quotes from Hansard 14/12/94; 2/5/96 |
| Time to Nourish the Nation's Cultural Tree The ABC turns 65 - Dr June Factor, President FABC (Vic) Inc. 3/7/97 | Letters - Members & Others |
| ABC of Statutory Authority Independence - Doug Tucker, Senior Lecturer in Public Administration, University of Qld. 20/8/98 | Bias in the ABC - Professor Jack Clancy 20/8/98 |
| ABC will stay put, says chief - By Gabrielle Costa, The Age 8/4/99 | Friends of the ABC - is it worth the effort? - June Factor reflects. Autumn 1999 |
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Media Releases and Articles from the ABC
| News Release: Brian Johns Digitisation to Benefit Regional Australia 11/12/97 | Speech by ABC Managing Director Brian Johns to Friends of the ABC, Melbourne (This file is on the ABC's Website) 11/12/97 |
| Digital Technology - ABC Fact Sheet |
| ALP Letter to FABC Kim C Beazley - Leader of the Opposition; & Chris Schacht - Shadow Minister for Communications 5/7/96 | Australian Democrats' Statement of Support Senator Cheryl Kernot - Leader, Australian Democrats; & Senator Vicki Bourne - AD Spokesperson for Broadcasting and Media 6/8/96 |
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| Support for ABC high Michelle Gratton, The Age 1/7/96 |
New Survey Seven out of ten oppose cuts 10/5/97 |
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The Mansfield Report and the Senate Inquiry into Radio Australia and Australia Television
Media Release - Senator The Hon Richard Alston 16/7/96 Letter to The Age - Dr June Factor 19/7/96 Mansfield Review - or Clayton's Inquiry 19/8/96 Submission to Mansfield Review - K. S. Inglis, Emeritus Professor, ANU approx 15/9/96 Letter from Senator The Hon. Richard Alston - Minister for Communications and the Arts 13/12/96 Mansfield Report - The Challenge of a Better Funded ABC? 24/1/97 Submission to Senate Inquiry - into the Role and Future of Radio Australia and Australia Television March, 97 "Australia Calling" Radio Australia & Sir Robert Gordon Menzies Save Radio Australia! & Australia Television 10/3/97 Senators Deplore ABC Cuts By Gervase Greene, Canberra, The Age 6/5/97
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Important Issue - Beware of politicians bearing gifts!
The Hon. Peter McGauran, MP Minister for Science & Tech. - Media Release 27/11/96 Reply from Janet Powell - Acting President FABC (Vic) Inc. 27/11/96
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General News From and About FABC Vic Inc.
Backchat - news from the FABC (Vic) newsletter
Action! Pamphlets to print out and distribute, Rally Reports
| 10 Good Reasons to Save the ABC | Days of Action! Phone/Fax an MP 17/02/97 |
| Town Hall Rally - An Outstanding Success 15/8/96 | The ABC - The Facts! - What really is happening 1/4/97 |
| Happy Birthday! ABC The party was at Peter's place - Dr June Factor, President FABC (Vic) Inc. 2/7/97 | Cuts to ABC Services and Programs - '...impact on services has been marginal'? 3/11/97 |
| Save Triple J - beat the drum for JJJ! 13/5/98 |
Time to have Your Say - Contact the Prime Minister and your Member of Parliament! 20/8/98 |
Media Releases from Australian Democrats
| ABC Programmes on the Line? - Senator Vicki Bourne, Australian Democrats 13/5/97 | Democrats to ABC: Congratulations on 50 years of Independent News Service - Senator Vicki Bourne, Australian Democrats 30/5/97 |
| Radio Australia Transmitter Closure Threatens Australians' Safety in Cambodia - Senator Vicki Bourne, Australian Democrats 7/7/97 | Bargain Basement Price for Australia Television - Senator Vicki Bourne, Australian Democrats 10/7/97 |
| Appointment to ABC Board: Democrats Call for Parliamentary Scrutiny - Senator Vicki Bourne, Aust. Democrats 5/2/98 | Has Alston got what it takes? - Senator Vicki Bourne, Aust. Democrats 27/5/98 |
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