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66-1043: One of the Walkley Awards for Australian journalism The Gold Walkley is the major award of the Walkley Awards for Australian journalism. It is chosen by the Walkley Advisory Board from the winners of all the other categories (excluding the Journalism Leadership and Most Outstanding Contribution to Journalism awards). It has been awarded annually since 1978. List of award winners [ edit ] Order Year Recipient(s) Program / Title Location / Publisher Story / Issue Reference 1. 1978 Catherine Martin The West Australian Perth The impact of asbestos –related diseases on

132-900: A corruption inquiry by the NRL 26. 2003 Richard Moran National Nine News Nine Network Canberra Bushfires : Filming of the firefighting process of the ACT fires , while still managing to help evacuees 27. 2004 Neil Chenoweth , Shraga Elam , Colleen Ryan , Andrew Main , and Rosemarie Graffagnini Australian Financial Review Rivkin's Swiss Bank Scandal : The unknown business dealings of Rene Rivkin 28. 2005 Tim Palmer ABC Aceh Tsunami and Jakarta Embassy Bomb : Extensive, innovative and courageous coverage of South Asia 29. 2006 Liz Jackson , Lin Buckfield , Peter Cronau Four Corners ABC TV Stoking

198-509: A cut in funding of $ 43 million over three years when accounting for inflation. In the 2019–20 federal budget funding was around $ 3.2 billion over three years ($ 1.06 billion per year) for the ABC. The Enhanced Newsgathering Fund , a specialised fund for regional and outer-suburban news gathering set up in 2013 by the Gillard government , was $ 44 million over three years as of

264-461: A cut of $ 254 million (4.6% ) to funding over the following five years together with the additional unfunded cost of the news channel meant that the ABC would have to shed about 10% of its staff, around 400 people. There were several programming changes, with regional and local programming losing out to national programs, and the Adelaide TV production studio had to close. In November 2016

330-917: A documentary investigating the police treatment of Indigenous Australians in Redfern 16. 1993 Phillip Chubb and Sue Spencer ABC TV Labor in Power , a documentary series about the inner workings of a governing political party 17. 1994 Peter McEvoy Radio National ABC Radio Investigation into air safety following the Monarch Airlines disaster , near Young 18. 1995 David Bentley The Courier-Mail Brisbane The Helen Demidenko literary scandal 19. 1996 Peter Hartcher The Australian Financial Review 20. 1997 Mary-Louise O'Callaghan The Australian The Sandline Crisis : How

396-653: A licensing scheme administered by the Postmaster-General's Department was established, allowing certain stations (with "Class A" licences") government funding, albeit with restrictions placed on their advertising content. In 1928, the government established the National Broadcasting Service to take over the 12 A-Class licences as they came up for renewal, and contracted the Australian Broadcasting Company ,

462-444: A new logotype and brand positioning under its tagline, Yours . The 2002 silver logo is no longer in use by the corporation. The operations of the ABC are governed by a board of directors, consisting of a managing director, five to seven directors, and until 2006, a staff-elected director. The managing director is appointed by the board for a period of up to five years, but is eligible for renewal. The authority and guidelines for

528-612: A new system, similar to that of the BBC, for appointing members to the board. Under the new system, candidates for the ABC Board would be considered by an independent panel established "at arm's length" from the Communications Minister. If the minister chose someone not on the panel's shortlist, they would be required to justify this to parliament. The ABC chairman would be nominated by the prime minister and endorsed by

594-765: A private company established in 1924, to supply programs to the new national broadcaster. After it became politically unpopular to continue to allow the Postmaster-General to run the National Broadcasting Service, the government established the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) on 1 July 1932, under the Australian Broadcasting Commission Act 1932 . to take over the Australian Broadcasting Company and run

660-458: A reduced amount". In all, over a five-year period, there were 737 redundancies, a further 866 resignations, and 203 retirements; but the total number of staff only fell by 313 due to the ABC hiring 650 staff over that period. In June 2021 the ABC announced its plan to move around 300 staff to offices in Parramatta , in a plan which would see 75% of journalists and producers moving out of

726-596: A result of commercial agreements with digital platforms flowing from the Morrison government 's News Media Bargaining Code . In May 2024 the ABC started moving from its Ultimo office to a new Parramatta office. The first program to be broadcast from the new studio in Parramatta was ABC Radio Sydney Mornings . The ABC logo is one of the most recognisable logos in Australia. In the early years of television,

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792-403: Is eligible for an award. Entries are initially evaluated by a jury on newsworthiness, research, writing, production, incisiveness, impact, public benefit, ethics, originality, innovation and creative flair — or other relevant criteria in respect of graphics and electronic media. The jury shortlists three entrants to the Walkley Advisory Board, who select the best entrant in each category, as well as

858-689: Is the national broadcaster of Australia . It is principally funded by the Australian taxpayer and is administered by a government-appointed board . The ABC is a publicly owned body that is politically independent and accountable such as through its production of annual reports and is bound by provisions contained within the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, with its charter enshrined in legislation,

924-511: The 2010 election campaign 34. 2011 Sarah Ferguson , Michael Doyle and Anne Worthington Four Corners ABC TV A Bloody Business : Cruelty inflicted on Australian cattle exported to Indonesian abattoirs 35. 2012 Steve Pennells The West Australian Perth Coverage of Gina Rinehart 's feud with her children and an asylum seeker boat tragedy 36. 2013 Joanne McCarthy The Newcastle Herald Newcastle Sex abuse in

990-475: The ABC Australia satellite channel. News and current affairs content across all platforms is produced by the news division. The postal address of the ABC in every Australian capital city is PO Box 9994, as a tribute to the record-breaking Test batting average of Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman . After public radio stations were established independently in the state capitals from 1924,

1056-559: The Australian Broadcasting Act that meant the ABC would receive its funding directly from the federal government. Licence fees remained until 1973, when they were abolished by the Whitlam Labor government , on the basis that the near-universality of television and radio services meant that public funding was a fairer method of providing revenue for government-owned radio and television broadcasters. In 2014

1122-633: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 . ABC Commercial , a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps to generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an Act of federal parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company , a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A-class radio stations. The ABC

1188-600: The Australian Labor Party at the 1972 election), as well as Sir Henry Bland, David Hill was close to Neville Wran , while Donald McDonald was considered to be a close friend of John Howard . From 2003 the Howard government made several controversial appointments to the ABC Board, including prominent ABC critic Janet Albrechtsen , Ron Brunton , and Keith Windschuttle . During their 2007 federal election campaign Labor announced plans to introduce

1254-446: The FM band, broadcasting from Adelaide . It was initially known as ABC-FM (later ABC Classic FM) – referring both to its "fine music programming and radio frequency". ABC budget cuts began in 1976 and continued until 1998, the largest cuts (calculated by the ABC as 25% in real terms) coming between 1985 and 1996. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 changed the name of

1320-922: The PNG government hired a mercenary group in an effort to crush the Bougainville rebels 21. 1998 Pamela Williams The Australian Financial Review A plan to smash a union : The dispute involving Patricks' stevedores questioned the role of the Federal Government and the Maritime Union 22. 1999 Richard Ackland , Deborah Richards and Anne Connolly Media Watch ABC TV Cash for comment : Exposed Alan Jones , John Laws , and Radio 2UE 's Cash for comment affair 23. 2000 Mark Davis Dateline SBS TV Timor Intelligence : How much Australia's intelligence services knew about

1386-625: The Pandora Archive since 2002. The finalists are formally announced in October each year and the awards are presented at a formal ceremony in late November or early December. As of 2020 , awards are given in the following categories: These are not Walkley Awards, but administered by the Walkley Foundation on behalf of Nikon. Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation ( ABC )

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1452-492: The leader of the opposition . A new merit-based appointment system was announced on 16 October 2008, in advance of the new triennial funding period starting in 2009. In 2013 the Coalition government introduced a merit-based system for appointing the board based on the recommendations of a nominations panel. However, the panel was ultimately only advisory, with almost all of the board members in 2018 directly appointed by

1518-489: The 2019–20 budget, a reduction of $ 28 million per year since the 2016 Australian federal election . This came after speculation that the fund would be removed, to which Acting managing director David Anderson wrote to Communications Minister Mitch Fifield expressing concerns. Despite the cuts made by Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the freeze introduced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Communications Minister Mitch Fifield,

1584-859: The ABC Investigations-Four Corners Team Four Corners ABC TV Killing Field : an exposé into alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan 44. 2021 Samantha Maiden news.com.au Open secret: The Brittany Higgins story 45. 2022 Anne Connolly, Stephanie Zillman and Ali Russell Four Corners ABC TV State Control : report on Queensland's Public Guardian and Trustee system 46. 2023 Edmund Tadros and Neil Chenoweth The Australian Financial Review ‘PwC Tax Leaks Scandal' References [ edit ] ^ "History of

1650-1277: The ABC Investigations-Four Corners Team" . The Walkley Foundation . 2020 . Retrieved 27 June 2021 . ^ "Samantha Maiden wins the Gold Walkley Award" . The Walkley Foundation . 25 February 2022 . Retrieved 26 February 2022 . ^ Burgess, Kate (23 November 2022). "Spotlight on the 2022 Gold Walkley Winners" . The Walkley Foundation . Retrieved 24 November 2022 . ^ "Gold Walkley Winners" . The Walkley Foundation . Retrieved 5 September 2024 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gold_Walkley&oldid=1258880384 " Categories : Australian journalism awards Walkley Award winners Awards established in 1979 Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Use Australian English from January 2017 All Misplaced Pages articles written in Australian English Use dmy dates from April 2015 Walkley Awards The Nikon Photography Prizes are also awarded by

1716-449: The ABC absorbed $ 254 million in federal budget deficits. In the 2018–19 budget handed down by then-Treasurer Scott Morrison , the ABC was subject to a pause of indexation of operation funding, saving the federal government a total of $ 83.7 million over 3 years. In fiscal year 2016–17, the ABC received $ 861 million in federal funding, which increased to $ 865 million per year from 2017 to 2018 to 2018–19, representing

1782-476: The ABC announced that ABC News 24, ABC NewsRadio , as well as its online and digital news brands, would be rebranded under a unified ABC News brand, which was launched on 10 April 2017. Michelle Guthrie took over from managing director Mark Scott , whose second five-year contract finished in April 2016. Between July 2017 and June 2018, the whole of the ABC underwent an organisational restructure, after which

1848-447: The ABC had been using Lissajous curves as fillers between programmes. In July 1963, the ABC conducted a staff competition to create a new logo for use on television, stationery, publications, microphone badges and ABC vehicles. In 1965, ABC graphics designer Bill Kennard submitted a design representing a Lissajous display, as generated when a sine wave signal is applied to the "X" input of an oscilloscope and another at three times

1914-605: The ABC music label. In 1991 the corporation's Sydney radio and orchestral operations moved to a new building, the ABC Ultimo Centre, in the inner-city suburb of Ultimo . In Melbourne, the ABC Southbank Centre was completed in 1994. In 1992 Australian children's television series Bananas in Pyjamas first aired. International television service ABC Australia was established in 1993, while at

1980-570: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1983. The ABC provides radio, television, online, and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia. ABC Radio operates four national networks, a large number of ABC Local Radio stations, several digital stations, and the international service Radio Australia . ABC Television operates five free-to-air channels, as well as the ABC iview streaming service and

2046-609: The Australian greyhound industry 39. 2016 Andrew Quilty Freelance The Man on the Operating Table 40. 2017 Michael Bachelard and Kate Geraghty The Age Melbourne Surviving IS: Stories of Mosul 41. 2018 Hedley Thomas and Slade Gibson The Australian (podcast) The Teacher's Pet 42. 2019 Anthony Dowsley and Patrick Carlyon Herald Sun Melbourne Lawyer X Informer Scandal 43. 2020 Mark Willacy and

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2112-584: The Catholic Church in the Hunter region 37. 2014 Adele Ferguson , Deb Masters and Mario Christodoulo Four Corners ABC TV Banking Bad : Financial planning and advice offered by the Commonwealth Bank and other organisations 38. 2015 Caro Meldrum-Hanna , Sam Clark, Max Murch Four Corners ABC TV Making a Killing: Live baiting in

2178-577: The Communications minister, despite some being rejected by the panel or not being considered at all. As of March 2024 board members include: The ABC is primarily funded by the Australian government , in addition to some revenue received from commercial offerings and its retail outlets . The ABC's funding system is set and reviewed every three years. Until 1948 the ABC was funded directly by radio licence fees; amendments were also made to

2244-774: The Fires : Arming of a civilian militia in East Timor after the country's independence process 30. 2007 Hedley Thomas The Australian Dr Haneef : Arrest of Gold Coast doctor Muhamed Haneef 31. 2008 Ross Coulthart and Nick Farrow Sunday Nine Network Butcher of Bega : Investigation of a doctor's alleged malpractice and incompetence in Bega 32. 2009 Gary Hughes The Australian The Black Saturday bushfires 33. 2010 Laurie Oakes Nine News Nine Network Labor leaks during

2310-979: The Fires" ^ "Haneef story gets Thomas a Gold Walkley" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney. 29 November 2007 . Retrieved 4 December 2014 . ^ Knox, David (28 November 2008). "Sunday journos win Gold Walkley" . TV Tonight . Retrieved 4 December 2014 . ^ Kelly, Joe (27 November 2009). "The Australian takes out the Gold Walkley" . The Australian . Retrieved 4 December 2014 . ^ "Laurie Oakes Wins Gold Walkley For ALP Leaks Stories" . AustralianPolitics.com . 9 December 2010 . Retrieved 7 March 2011 . ^ "Four Corners wins Gold Walkley" (Press release). Australia: Four Corners , ABC TV . 29 November 2011 . Retrieved 4 December 2014 . ^ Four Corners: "A Bloody Business" ^ Emery, Ken (30 November 2012). "The West's Gold Walkley winner" . The West Australian . Perth. Archived from

2376-749: The National Broadcasting Service. The ABC became informally referred to as "Aunty", originally in imitation of the British Broadcasting Corporation's nickname . The structure and programming was broadly modelled on the British Broadcasting Corporation, and programs not created in Australia were mostly bought in from the BBC . In 1940 one of the ABC Board 's most prominent members, Dick Boyer ,

2442-476: The Radio and Television Divisions were no longer separate entities each under a director, instead being split across several functional divisions, with different teams producing different genres of content for television, radio and digital platforms. The Entertainment & Specialist (E&S) team focussed on comedy, kids' programs, drama, Indigenous-related programs, music, other entertainment and factual content;

2508-1079: The Rainbow Warrior 9. 1986 Ron Tandberg The Age Melbourne Cartoon highlighting the demarcation dispute between Bob Hawke and Paul Keating 10. 1987 Phil Dickie The Courier-Mail Brisbane Corruption in the Queensland Police Service which led to the Fitzgerald Inquiry 11. 1988 Norman Swan Radio National ABC Radio Allegations of scientific fraud against Foundation 41 founder Dr William McBride 12. 1989 Alan Tate and Paul Bailey The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney 13. 1990 Janet Hawley The Good Weekend Fairfax Media 14. 1991 Monica Attard ABC Radio 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt 15. 1992 Jenny Brockie ABC TV Cop it Sweet ,

2574-472: The Ultimo building by 2025 to reduce costs. Rental from some of the vacant space in the city centre would earn additional income to offset the ongoing effects of the significant funding cuts since 2014 and the recent indexation freeze. In December 2021 the ABC announced that, in addition to the 83 additional positions already established, it was to create an additional "50-plus" new jobs in regional Australia as

2640-676: The Walkley Awards were merged with the Nikon Press Photographer of the Year Awards. The 2015 ceremony was held on 3 December at Crown Casino in Melbourne and was broadcast through an online live stream as well as on A-PAC . In 2016, the event moved to the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre . Excluding the non-fiction book award, only work published by Australian-based media organisations

2706-2548: The Walkley Awards" . The Walkley Foundation . Retrieved 27 August 2011 . ^ Stephens, Tony (1 May 2009). "Journalist exposed the dangers of asbestos" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 5 December 2014 . ^ "Walkley Award" . The Canberra Times . 17 November 1979 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ "Journalism awards" . The Canberra Times . 11 October 1980 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ (10 October 1981) Journalism award to two staff members , The Canberra Times . Retrieved 8 April 2019. ^ "Walkley Award winners" . The Canberra Times . 22 October 1982 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ "Award for best news story goes to freelance writer" . The Canberra Times . 17 October 1984 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ "Adelaide drowning story takes out Walkley Award" . The Canberra Times . 22 October 1985 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ "Top Walkley Awards to Melbourne journalists" . The Canberra Times . 21 October 1986 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ "Journalists win awards" . The Canberra Times . 22 October 1987 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ "Year's top journalists" . The Canberra Times . 27 October 1988 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ "ABC scoops Walkleys" . The Canberra Times . 19 November 1991 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ "ABC journalists wins top award" . The Canberra Times . 28 November 1992 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ " 'Labor in Power' takes out Walkley" . The Canberra Times . 2 December 1993 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ "Top award for ABC journalist" . The Canberra Times . 1 December 1994 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ "Qld journalist wins Gold Walkley" . The Canberra Times . 1 December 1995 . Retrieved 8 December 2020 . ^ Spence, Edward H.; Andrew Alexandra; Aaron Quinn; Anne Dunn (2011). "A Conflict of Media Roles: Advertising, Public Relations and Journalism". Media, Markets and Morals . West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 101. ISBN   978-1-4051-7547-0 . ^ "Top journalism gong for ABC's Tim Palmer" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Sydney. AAP . 1 December 2005 . Retrieved 4 December 2014 . ^ "Walkley Award winners announced" . The Age . Melbourne. 30 November 2006 . Retrieved 4 December 2014 . ^ "Four Corners: Stoking

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2772-556: The Walkley Foundation at the awards ceremony, on behalf of Nikon . The awards were instituted in five categories in 1956 by businessman Sir William Walkley , founder of Ampol . After his death, the awards were handled by the Australian Journalists' Association which, in 1992, was merged into the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance . In 2000, the alliance voted to establish the Walkley Foundation. In that same year,

2838-509: The appointment of directors is provided for in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 . Appointments to the ABC Board made by successive governments have often resulted in criticism of the appointees' political affiliation, background, and relative merit. Past appointments have associated directly with political parties – five of fourteen appointed chairmen have been accused of political affiliation or friendship, include Richard Downing and Ken Myer (both of whom publicly endorsed

2904-550: The case. In June 2020 the ABC announced it needed to cut 229 jobs, a number of programs, and reduce its travel and production budgets after the Turnbull government 's announcement of a freeze to indexation of its budget in 2018 this was estimated at the time to cost the ABC A$ 84 million over three years, however the actual appropriation did not decrease and the ABC chair was quoted as saying it would actually increase "but by

2970-645: The examination of over 9,200 documents, including internal emails. In February 2020 the case was dismissed by the federal court . In June 2020, the AFP sent a brief of evidence to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP), the federal public prosecutor, recommending charges be laid against journalist Dan Oakes for breaking the Afghan Files story, but in October 2020, the CDPP dropped

3036-470: The frequency at the "Y" input. The letters "ABC" were added to the design and it was adopted as the ABC's official logo. Kennard was presented with £ 25 (about AU $ 850 in 2024) for his design. On 19 October 1974 the Lissajous curve design experienced its first facelift with the line thickened to allow for colour to be used. It would also be treated to the 'over and under' effect, showing the crossover of

3102-496: The line in the design. To celebrate its 70th anniversary on 1 July 2002, the ABC adopted a new logo, which was created by (Annette) Harcus Design in 2001. This logo used a silver 3D texture but the crossover design was left intact and was then used across the ABC's media outlets. After the on-air revival of the 1974 logo since 2014, the ABC gradually reinstated the classic symbol. The most recent change happened in February 2018, with

3168-604: The mining community in Wittenoom Gorge 2. 1979 Ron Tandberg The Age Melbourne Cartoon: The public and the real Malcolm Fraser 3. 1980 Leslie Grant Heading ABC Hobart 1980 Ash Wednesday bushfires 4. 1981 John Lewis The Newcastle Herald Newcastle Attempted takeover of NBN Television . 5. 1982 Kerry O'Brien ATN Channel 7 Sydney Circle of Poison , an investigation into adverse health affects arising from

3234-564: The new ABC Specialist team created content across the arts, science, religion & ethics, education and society & culture; while the Regional & Local team focussed on regional and local content. Around 23 September 2018 Guthrie was fired. A leadership crisis ensued after allegations arose that Chair, Justin Milne , had, according to the MEAA , engaged in "overt political interference in

3300-428: The organisation to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, effective 1 July 1983. Although funded and owned by the government, the ABC remains editorially independent as ensured by the 1983 Act. At the same time, the newly formed corporation underwent significant restructuring, including a split into separate television and radio divisions, and ABC Radio was restructured significantly again in 1985. Geoffrey Whitehead

3366-458: The original on 16 February 2019 . Retrieved 23 November 2018 . ^ "Hit podcast The Teacher's Pet wins the 2018 Gold Walkley Award" . Walkley Foundation. 22 November 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019 . Retrieved 23 November 2018 . ^ "Herald Sun's "Lawyer X" wins 2019 Gold Walkley Award" . The Walkley Foundation . 28 November 2019 . Retrieved 28 November 2019 . ^ "Mark Willacy and

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3432-1069: The original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 4 December 2014 . ^ "Walkley Awards: Joanne McCarthy wins gold, Caroline Jones among ABC journalists honoured" . ABC News . Australia. 29 November 2013 . Retrieved 4 December 2014 . ^ "2014 Walkley awards: The Age takes top gongs" . The Age . Melbourne. 4 December 2014 . Retrieved 4 December 2014 . ^ "Walkley Awards: Fairfax business reporter Adele Ferguson strikes gold" . The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax . 5 December 2014 . Retrieved 5 December 2014 . ^ "Adele Ferguson, Deb Masters and Mario Christodoulou" . The Walkley Foundation . Retrieved 5 December 2014 . ^ "Walkley Awards: Andrew Quilty wins gold for photo of Kunduz hospital bombing aftermath" . ABC . 3 December 2016 . Retrieved 3 December 2016 . ^ "Michael Bachelard and Kate Geraghty win Gold at 62nd Walkley Awards for Mosul coverage" . Walkley Foundation. 29 November 2017. Archived from

3498-452: The running of the ABC that is in clear breach of the ABC charter and the role of the chairperson" by interfering in editorial and staffing matters. After pressure for an independent inquiry or statement from Milne, or his resignation, following meetings by ABC staff in various locations, on 27 September Milne resigned. In February 2019, after the roles of ABC chair and managing director had been vacant for more than four months, Ita Buttrose

3564-639: The same time Radio Australia increased its international reach. Reduced funding in 1997 for Radio Australia resulted in staff and programming cuts. The ABC Multimedia Unit was established in July 1995 to manage the new ABC website, which was launched in August. The ABC was registered on the Australian Business Register as a Commonwealth Government Entity on 1 November 1999. In 2001 digital television commenced (see Online, below ). At

3630-410: The same time the ABC's multimedia division was renamed "ABC New Media", becoming an output division of the ABC alongside television and radio. In 2002 the ABC launched ABC Asia Pacific , the replacement for the defunct Australia Television International operated previously by the Seven Network . A digital radio service, ABC DiG , was also launched in November that year. On 8 February 2008 ABC TV

3696-413: The usage of popular chemicals in Australia 6. 1983 Mary Delahunty and Alan Hall Four Corners ABC TV 7. 1984 Jan Mayman The Age Melbourne (freelance) Death of John Pat , a 16-year-old Aboriginal Australian youth who died in police custody 8. 1985 Chris Masters and Bruce Belsham Four Corners ABC TV Sinking of

3762-433: The vast area to be serviced. In 1947 a proposal to increase the fee for a broadcast listeners' licence from £1 to £1/5/ was scotched, and in 1949 the Chifley government decided that the ABC would be directly funded by the taxpayer, with licence fees subsumed into general revenue. Later funding was supplemented with commercial activities related to its core broadcasting mission. The Australian Broadcasting Commission became

3828-409: The violence surrounding East Timor 's independence election 24. 2001 Andrew Rule The Age Melbourne Geoff Clarke: Power and rape : Allegations of sexual abuse by ATSIC chairman Geoff Clarke 25. 2002 Kate McClymont and Anne Davies The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Bulldogs salary cap scandal : Overpayment of Bulldogs ' players led to

3894-489: The winner of the "Press Photographer of the Year", "Journalism Leadership Award" and the "Gold Walkley" awards. Finalists are chosen by an independent board of eminent journalists and photographers. The awards cover all media including print, television, radio, photographic and online media. They can be regarded as the Australian equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize . The Gold Walkley is the major award, being chosen from all category winners. The awards have been archived by

3960-429: Was appointed to the ABC, becoming chairman on 1 April 1945. Today known for the continuing series of Boyer Lectures initiated by him in 1959, he had a good but not too close working relationship with Sir Charles Moses (general manager 1935–1965 ), and remained chair until his retirement in 1961. He was determined to maintain the autonomy of the ABC. The ABC commenced television broadcasting in 1956. ABN-2 in Sydney

4026-407: Was given statutory powers that reinforced its independence from the government and enhanced its news-gathering role. Modelled after the British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ), which is funded by a television licence , the ABC was originally financed by licence fees on households with a broadcast receiver. However, the licence fees soon proved to be insufficient due to Australia's small population and

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4092-415: Was inaugurated by prime minister Robert Menzies on 5 November 1956, with the first broadcast presented by Michael Charlton , and James Dibble reading the first television news bulletin. Television relay facilities were not in place until the early 1960s, so news bulletins had to be sent to each capital city by teleprinter , to be prepared and presented separately in each city. In 1975, colour television

4158-465: Was managing director of the ABC at this time. Following his resignation in 1986, David Hill (at the time chair of the ABC Board) took over his position and local production trebled from 1986 to 1991. Live television broadcasts of selected parliamentary sessions started in 1990, and by the early 1990s, all major ABC broadcasting outlets moved to 24-hour-a-day operation. In 1991 the ABC helped launch Australian children's music band The Wiggles , under

4224-402: Was named chair. Buttrose named David Anderson as managing director in May 2019. On 5 June 2019 Australian Federal Police (AFP) raided the headquarters of the ABC looking for articles written in 2017 about alleged misconduct by Australian special forces in Afghanistan, later dubbed the Afghan Files . The raid was countered by lawyers for the ABC in litigation against the AFP, challenging

4290-415: Was permanently introduced into Australia, and within a decade, the ABC had moved into satellite broadcasting , greatly enhancing its ability to distribute content nationally. Also, in 1975 the ABC introduced a 24-hour-a-day AM rock station in Sydney, 2JJ ( Double Jay ), which was eventually expanded into the national Triple J FM network. A year later, a national classical music network was established on

4356-399: Was rebranded as ABC1 , and a new channel for children, ABC3 , was funded and announced by the Rudd government in June. A new online video-on-demand service launched in July of the same year, titled ABC iview . ABC News 24 , now known as ABC News, a channel dedicated to news, launched on 22 July 2010. On 20 July 2014, ABC1 reverted to its original name of ABC TV. In November 2014

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