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Australian Fabian Society Autumn Lectures 2004
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hereunder for the 2004 Autumn Lectures on ‘And the Truth
Shall Set You Free: Public and Community Television and Radio
and the Public Interest’, to be held at the Assembly Hall, Collins
Street, at 6pm for 6.30pm on Mondays 22 and 29 March and
5April. (NB. ‘Early Bird Bookings close Monday, 15 March for
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‘And the Truth Shall Set You Free’:
Public and Community Television
and Radio and the Public Interest
Australian Fabian Society
Autumn Lectures 2004
6pm for 6:30pm to 8:30pm,
Mondays 22 and 29 March and 5 April,
at the Assembly Hall, 156 Collins Street,
Melbourne (Between Swanston and
Russell Streets, Next to Georges)
Speakers in order of appearance are:
Donald McDonald, AO
Chairman, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Ken Inglis
Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences,
Australian National University
Catharine Lumby
Director, Media and Communications Program,
University of Sydney
Malcolm Long
Director, Australian Film, Television and Radio School
Jock Given
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Social Research,
Swinburne University
Kath Letch
Station Manager, 3RRR FM
Lindsay Tanner, MHR
ALP Shadow Minister for Communications
and Community Relationships
Tony Moore
Commissioning Editor, Pluto Press
Guy Rundle
Journalist, Script Writer, TV Production House CEO
and Co-Editor of Arena Magazine

Inform Yourself, Take a Stand and Have Your Say!
Your willingness to inform yourself about the issues can be a powerful message
that Australians expect public and community television and radio to be taken seriously!
Monday, 22 March
Our ABC: The Role, Responsibilities and Rights
of a National Broadcaster
Chair: Phillip Adams
6pm for 6:30pm to 8:30pm, Mondays 22 and 29 March and 5 April, at the Assembly Hall,
156 Collins Street, Melbourne (Between Swanston and Russell Streets, Next to Georges)
Donald McDonald, AO
Chairman, the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation. Positions previously held include
General Manager Australian Opera and General
Manager Sydney Theatre Company.
Ken Inglis
Visiting Fellow, Research School of Social Sciences,
Australian National University. His book This is the
ABC. The Australian Broadcasting Commission
1932-1983 was commissioned by the ABC, and
he is now writing off his own bat a book on the
years since 1983 – preferred title: At arm’s length?
The ABC as a statutory authority – to be published
by Black Ink Inc in 2005.
Catharine Lumby
Associate Professor of Media Studies at the
University of Sydney and Director of the Media and
Communications Program. A widely published
journalist, she currently writes for the Sydney
Morning Herald and Age newspapers and the
Bulletin magazine. Her most recent book is the
coedited Remote Control: New Media, New Ethics
(Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Monday, 29 March
Our Airwaves: Perspectives on the Preservation
and Expansion of Diversity
Chair: June Factor – Past President,
Friends of the ABC
Malcolm Long
Director, Australian Film, Television and Radio
School. Previous positions include Managing
Director of the SBS Corporation, Deputy
Managing Director of the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation, Director of ABC Radio, and Chairman
of the London-based International Institute of
Communications.
Jock Given
Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for Social
Research at Swinburne University, author of
‘America’s Pie: trade and culture after 9/11’ and
‘Turning off the Television: broadcasting's uncertain
future’, and 2003/04 C.H. Currey Memorial Fellow
at the State Library of NSW.
Kath Letch
Station Manager 3RRR since 1995 and
Chair of the Australian Music Radio Airplay Project.
Previously Station Manager RTR FM in Perth
1991-94 and President Community Broadcasting
Association of Australia 1994-99.
Monday, 5 April
Our Talents: Making the Most of Australian
Creativity and Culture
Chair: Terry Laidler – President, Friends of the ABC
Lindsay Tanner, MHR
ALP Shadow Minister for Communications
and Community Relationships.
Tony Moore
Commissioning Editor of Pluto Press and currently
completing a University of Sydney doctorate in
Australian cultural history. He was a member of the
ABC National Advisory Council between 1986 and
1988 and a program maker in ABC Television from
1988 to 1997, working in documentaries and
current affairs.
Guy Rundle
Journalist, Script Writer, TV Production House CEO
and Co-Editor, Arena Magazine.
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