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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia's national, publicly funded broadcaster.

Contents 1 Personnel 1.1 ABC Board 1.2 Former ABC Board Members 1.3 Advisory Council 1.4 ABC Journalists 2 Resources and articles 2.1 Related Sourcewatch 2.2 References 3 External links

Personnel

• Mark Scott - Managing Director - Formerly senior political adviser to NSW Liberal education minister, Terry Metherell.

ABC Board

Accessed August 2007: ^[1]

• Maurice Newman - Chairman - Close friend of Prime Minister John Howard
• John Gallagher
• Ron Brunton - Previously employed at right wing think tank the Institute of Public Affairs
• Janet Albrechtsen - Conservative columnist for The Australian newspaper
• Steven Skala - Employed at Deutsche Bank, and a director of the Centre for Independent Studies [1]
• Keith Windschuttle - Right-wing historian
• Peter Hurley - President of the Australian Hotels Association, SA Branch
• Mark Scott

Former ABC Board Members

• Judith Sloan (appointed 1999 - Member of the council of academic advisors for the Centre for Independent Studies, director of the Lowy Institute and regular participant in HR Nicholls Society events.
• Ross McLean (former Liberal MP)
• Dame Leonie Kramer
• Donald McDonald - Former Chairman & Close friend of Prime Minister John Howard

Advisory Council

Accessed August 2007: ^[2]

• Jane Munro (Convenor)
• Pamela Chick
• Paul Collier
• Robyn Lambley
• Alan Wu
• Geoffrey Cadogan-Cowper
• Joshua Knackstredt
• Joanne Roach
• Catherine Prosser
• Jaime Phillips
• Anthony Peters
• Joel Buchholz

ABC Journalists

• Chris Masters
• Michael Duffy

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch

• Australia Network
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation's complaints process
• Lateline's Mutitjulu Sexual Abuse Story
• Christopher J. Anderson - former managing editor
• Bree Carlton

References

1. ↑ ABC Board Members, Australian Broadcasting Corporation , accessed August 29, 2007.
2. ↑ The ABC Advisory Council, ABC, accessed August 29, 2007.

External links

• Error Simper, "He tried to keep Aunty honest", The Australian, March 24, 2005. (This story reviews the efforts by former ABC journalist to keep corporate funding out of the ABC).
• Michael Sainsbury, "ABC review 'won't be a witch-hunt'", The Australian, April 21, 2005.
• Jeni Porter, "Auntie spends up on US know-how", Sydney Morning Herald, November 2, 2005. ("ABC Radio is so taken with the American radio consultant Valerie Geller that for the past five years it has spent 6 per cent of its annual training budget on her coaching sessions".)
• Brad Norignton, "Directors who pick boss call the tune: Placement of an outsider into the ABC's top job has sparked concerns of a witch-hunt for bias", Australian, May 27, 2006.
• Windschuttle's ABC appointment 'unacceptable', ABC News, 15 July 2006.
• Windschuttle appointment fuels ABC ad fears ABC News, June 16, 2006.
• Stephen Mayne, A stacked board won't change the ABC, Crikey.com.au, June 16, 2006.
• Michelle Grattan, ABC gets a culture warrior, The Age, June 16, 2006.
• Lisa Murray, New ABC director, same old problem, Sydney Morning Herald, June 17, 2006.
• Editorial, Memo to Mr Howard: it is everybody's ABC, The Age, June 17, 2006.
• Michelle Grattan, This provocative program is brought to you by . . ., The Age, June 16, 2006.
• Katharine Murphy, Gaining influence. It's as easy as ABC, The Age, June 16, 2006.
• Govt appoints ABC board members, ABC Radio National: PM, 15 June 2006.
• Robert Manne, 'The new bland and dull ABC", The Age, April 4, 2007.