Without the freedom to innovate, the ABC will just become the commercial media's shadow, writes Margaret Simons
The government's unveiling of its data retention scheme was accompanied by blatant falsehoods by people who have no excuse not to know better.
The rushed, confused way in which major national security laws are made in Australia was on display this morning in Canberra.
No, the ABC could not cut transmission costs by putting everything online, writes mysterious Twitter personality ABC News Intern.
THe ABC is the largest single contingent in the Press Gallery. But no one else does as much as it does, a spokesman says, hitting back at accusations the ABC won't talk about its staffing levels.
Even the most hardcore political junkies are tiring of the government's dog-whistling on terrorism, asylum seekers and the budget.
The ABC isn't offering anything radically new -- it's just updating its mission for the digital age, writes ABC managing director Mark Scott.
Much of what the ABC does is already being done by others, writes James Paterson, deputy executive director of the Institute of Public Affairs.
The death of Gough Whitlam sparked discussion in what had been an otherwise quiet week.
Eric Beecher is "asking tough questions about the ABC" for the same reason many commercial media proprietors do -- fear of competition.
