Celebrating 50 Years of The Science Show – and the remarkable Robyn Williams

This week ABC Radio National’s ‘The Science Show’ celebrates its 50th anniversary. Above all, it’s a celebration of a remarkable broadcaster, Robyn Williams AO FAA, who has presented the program for the whole of those five decades. In that time, Williams has become revered by scientists, broadcasters and listeners around the world. Academy Award-winning actress Cate Blanchett calls him ‘an absolute bloody legend’. And much-loved satirist, the late John Clarke, always credited Williams with laun...
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More protection for staff, not less, in the new ABC public comment guidelines.

On 20 August 2025 the ABC published its new guidelines on public comment by ABC workers. They were commissioned by the ABC’s new Managing Director, Hugh Marks, following the highly damaging Antoinette Lattouf affair. Their principal author, ABC Editorial Director Gavin Fang, discussed them with members of the Board of ABC Alumni prior to publication. Alumni director Jonathan Holmes believes that, contrary to a lot of third-party commentary, the new guidelines offer more protection to ABC worker...
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