Australian Broadcasting Corporation Corporate Plan 2020-21
AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION CORPORATE PLAN 2020–21 Cover image: Filming for Foreign Correspondent in South Africa. Photo by Greg Nelson This page: Photo by Martin Von Stoll AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION ABC CORPORATE PLAN 2020–21 CONTENTS Opening Statement 3 ABC Operating Plan FY2021–FY2025 13 Strategy 4 Deliver personalised digital experiences 13 Remain Australia’s best and most trusted Purpose 5 source of news and information 14 Strengthen local connections 15 Key Activities 6 Prioritise quality over quantity 16 Invest in the workforce of the future 16 Operating Environment 7 Creative, flexible, efficient, and accountable 17 Audience Trends 8 Measures 18 Media Landscape 8 Regulation 8 Managing Risk 22 Financial Context 9 The Technology Environment 10 Risk management framework 22 Workforce Capabilities 10 Significant risks 22 Cooperation 11 Financial Information 12 AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION ABC CORPORATE PLAN 2020–21 1 Australian Story cameraman Anthony Sines filming in a NSW national park 2 AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION ABC CORPORATE PLAN 2020–21 OPENING STATEMENT The Board, as the accountable authority of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, presents the 2020–21 Corporate Plan, prepared in accordance with section 35(1)(b) of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth) (PGPA Act) and associated rules. This Corporate Plan is prepared for the 2020–21 This year, the ABC outlined a new strategy which reporting period (FY21), and covers the reporting it released in June 2020. The ABC’s Five-Year Plan periods FY21, FY22, FY23, FY24 and FY25. responds to the societal, technological, and economic changes that the nation is experiencing, including The ABC is accountable to the Australian Government the challenges confronting the media sector and through the Minister for Communications, Cyber the opportunities to better serve all Australians.
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