Helen Grasswill and the late Matt Peacock were the two principal founders of ABC Alumni. Helen put in a prodigious amount of work, seven days a week, for years to establish the organisation, set up and maintain a productive relationship with ABC Friends, and keep the Alumni running. She resigned from the Alumni Board in 2023 but is still an active member. On Saturday November 16 she gave the keynote speech to ABC Friends NSW & ACT’s Annual General Meeting. It’s a powerful call to arms, with...

The ABC has lost one of its foremost champions. Matt Peacock – co-founder and inaugural chair of ABC Alumni, former ABC staff-elected Board member and a journalist best known for his pivotal role in pursuing corporate corruption and the deadly truth about asbestosis – died this week, aged 72. This tribute has been prepared by colleagues Helen Grasswill and Quentin Dempster who worked with Matt both at the ABC and later in the formation of the Alumni.Great journalism is often born of an obsessiv...