Guest speaker — Quentin Dempster — at 11 am Saturday 9 November

You are invited to hear Quentin Dempster speak about

The Challenges Facing the ABC.

• the persistent and dangerous threats to Our ABC, in particular from News Corp organs, and the consequent threat to our democracy;
• the impact of 10 years of funding cuts to the ABC;
• the “…undermining of the ABC, both politically and psychologically.” (quote from Quentin’s email to ABC Friends: “The ABC is suffering”, 22/5/24);
• ABC management’s role in supporting its staff.

Quentin will address our group at 11.00am. He will happily engage in a Q and A after his presentation. Please invite your friends to this sure-to-be stimulating event!

  11 am on Saturday 9 November 2024

Wentworth Falls School of Arts
217-219 Great Western Hwy
Wentworth Falls, NSW 2782

Quentin Dempster worked at the ABC for 30 years (1984-2014) as a political and investigative reporter, TV current affairs presenter and interviewer. In 1986 he wrote and produced The Sunshine System, a television documentary about institutionalised corruption in Queensland. Before joining the ABC, he was chief political reporter and columnist for the Brisbane Telegraph. Quentin is a former staff-elected director of the ABC (1992-1996) and former chairman of The Walkley Foundation. He has written three books: Honest Cops (1992), Whistleblowers (1997) and Death Struggle – how political malice and boardroom power plays are killing the ABC (2000). In 1992 Quentin was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to journalism and current affairs.

Please RSVP by email to secretary@fabcnswbm.org.au