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ABC journalists to strike for first time in 20 years with widespread news disruption expected
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2026
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If only we had proper resource extraction taxes - then our governments would easily be able to afford the required wage increases.
But alas, allowing massive wealth concentration while our resources get stripped away is just too attractive once kickbacks and favours are taken into account.
From what my friends in ABC, MEAA and CPSU have told me, they can easily afford it. Their funds got restored under Labor as well.
You're absolutely right that Australia-extraction is an absolute shocker, although we can't pretend it's a good excuse for this problem.
Mates and I are headed to one of their offices to cheer them on at the 11am walk-out tomorrow (I can take an early lunch break for it). I also heard there might be some action on Thursday, I'll try my best to get to that.
(If anyone else is able to support them in person, let me know and I'll get the details and forward them)
I just found the MEAA strike fund page, share it around and throw something in if you can: https://www.meaa.org/news/support-abc-staff-standing-up-for-quality-public-broadcasting/
are they going to ask me how I feel about that?
Why would they? Out of curiosity
with widespread news disruption
"news" - That does not mean what they think it means...
This is Australia not the USA's ABC, not sure if that makes a difference.
Ah, thanks... I know nothing of the Australia ABC...
To add onto what Hanrahan said, it's also one of our state-funded broadcasters (along with Special Broadcasting Service, which has a lot of non-English and international content like films and news) so it's a lot less commercialised. There are plenty of good shows started there and it's sometimes a lot closer to indie content.
It was one of the original commissioners of Bluey.
I highly recommend trying to find episodes of You Can't Ask That (even if you have to torrent it), and if you like mockumentaries like The Office, I recommend Utopia (not to be confused with other shows elsewhere called Utopia), many clips are on YouTube to sample.
It's ok but I'd regard it as center right after years of fuckery from the LNP. You just have to look at the Lattouf incident
and its coverage if our left party The Greens is appalling, while a lot of sucking up to the loony ONP
It's closest to the PBS in the US and the BBC in the UK I guess, and certainly not dissimilar to the BBC and their similar fawning obsequiesness to Reform.
The ABC in Australia was the original ABC before the Americans copied us. Kind of like the Office.