Letter-Writing Workshop Materials

This page contains links to materials that were provided, in the form of a hand-out binder, to participants at the Friends of the ABC Letter-Writing Workshop on 4 February 2006.

Where an item in that binder was a print-out of a web page on another site, the link opens that page in a separate window. Otherwise, the link shown goes to a page on this site, on which the document can now be found. If you’d like a printed version of any of the ones on this site, look for the link at the top of the page, labelled  PDF Version. This link opens a PDF version of the original document, provided you have the free software Acrobat Reader. (For more about Acrobat Reader and how to download it, see the notes on our Canberra newsletter page).

1. Write a letter to your representatives in Parliament
2. ‘No ABC? No Way!’ campaign briefing notes for letters:
• About the ABC’s submission for funding 2006–09
• No ABC? You’ve got to be joking
• Four Corners and cost-cutting
• Australian drama on the ABC, and the effect of inadequate funding
• Foreign Correspondent, 7.30 Report and cost-cutting
• Radio Australia, and lack of funds
• Local radio and TV and funding
• Triple J and its value
3. Appointing the ABC Board
• FABC’s policy and background
• ‘What’s wrong with the present system?’—some objections to the FABC proposals, with responses
4. Examples of FABC media comment and letters to the editor, using the appointment of Janet Albrechtsen as an example:
• Media Release: Appointment of Janet Albrechtsen to the Board
• Letter from Jill Greenwell (President, FABC (ACT & Region)) to the Sydney Morning Herald
• Reply from Janet Albrechtsen
5. The ABC Charter (ABC Act 1983 §6)
6. The ABC Board (ABC Act 1983 §8)

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