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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amanda Meade

UNBELIEVABLE: Abc veterans call on voters to back election candidates who support the public broadcaster - Caught on Camera

Kerry O’Brien photographed at the 2019 Walkley Awards at the ICC on Thursday,28 November, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. (Nicola Bailey/1826)
‘A strong ABC is absolutely crucial in a landscape where democracy seems to be losing its way,’ former ABC current affairs host Kerry O’Brien says. Photograph: Nicola Bailey

ABC veterans Kerry O’Brien and Philip Williams have thrown their weight behind a campaign to encourage people to vote for political candidates who support a well-funded ABC.

“At no point in my lifetime, has the ABC been more important than it is today,” O’Brien says in a video published by ABC Alumni whose members are ex-ABC staff.

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