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2000-2001 Annual Report Contents Significant Events . .2 Mission Statement . .4 Programs and Services . .5 Board of Directors . .10 ABC Advisory Council . .13 Organisation Chart . .14 Executive Directors . .15 State and Territory Directors . .17 Statement by ABC Board of Directors . .18 The Year Ahead . .23 Corporate Governance . .24 Financial Summary . .26 Outcomes and Outputs . .28 Corporate Plan Performance Summary . .33 Audience Contact . .38 Radio . .44 International Broadcasting . .56 Television . .58 New Media . .70 Standing Committee On Spoken English (SCOSE) . .75 Development . .76 News and Current Affairs . .79 Production Resources . .83 Content Rights Management . .87 ABC Enterprises . .90 ABC Appropriation . .94 Funding Finance and Support Services . .96 Human Resources . .100 Corporate . .104 Freedom of Information . .107 Technology and Distribution . .108 Transmission . .111 Subsidiaries . .114 Financial Statements . .117 Appendices . .159 Index . .193 Office of Donald McDonald AO Chairman ABC Ultimo Centre 700 Harris Street Ultimo NSW 2007 5 October 2001 Australia GPO Box 9994 Sydney NSW 2001 Tel: (02) 9333 5363 Fax: (02) 9333 2967 Senator the Hon Richard Alston Minister for Communications Information Technology and the Arts Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 The Board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation is pleased to present the Annual Report of the Corporation for the year ended 30 June 2001. The report has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997 and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983. Significant Events July 2000 • ABC Employment Agreement 2000-2002 with the CPSU and MEAA came into effect • New ABC Studio Centre at Lanceley Place, Artarmon Sydney opened and shooting of The Farm began in the new studio • Heywire 2000 — the ABC Gives Regional Youth a Voice launched with Australia-wide broadcast on ABC Local Radio • ABC Classic FM broadcast 85 hours of the Sydney International Piano Competition with 27 live outside broadcasts in 17 days August 2000 • Olympic Games Torch Relay broadcast on ABC Radio through regional and metropolitan Australia • Triple J and News Radio broadcast to Australian defence personnel in East Timor • Federal Government announced additional transmission funding for Radio Australia • ABC Online awarded ‘Best Media Site’ at Australian Internet Awards • Radio National’s The Science Show celebrated its 25 year anniversary September 2000 • Sydney Olympic Games 2000 and the biggest continuous Local Radio broadcast ever undertaken in Australia • Bananas in Pyjamas one of eight major features at Olympic Games Closing Ceremony • New ABC TV service in Meander, Tasmania; ABC TV and Radio National commenced in Hopetoun, Victoria — the first of ten new radio and television transmission services to commence in 2000-2001 October 2000 • 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games broadcast across Australia on ABC Local Radio and on ABC Television • ABC Music won three Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) Awards November 2000 • 2000 Boyer Lectures by Chief Justice Murray Gleeson - The Rule of Law and the Constitution • Kununurra in Western Australia received Triple J for the first time, via re- transmission through a self-help transmitter • ABC Online won Best Media, Best Science and Best Sports websites in the Australian Internet Awards and the Nettie Best Site Award for The Playground • The ABC won 2000 Prime Minister’s Employer of the Year Award for outstanding commitment to employment of people with a disability December 2000 • ABC sought additional funds from Government for National Interest Initiatives • ABC Radio achieved a record result with over four million people in the eight metropolitan centres tuning in at least once a week • Test transmissions of Digital Television in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide • Launch of new Local Radio satellite services for Far North Queensland and regional Western Australia • ABC Training became accredited as a Registered Training Organisation • ABC won six Walkley Awards for excellence in journalism 2 Significant Events • ABC digital television transmission started 1 January 2001 January 2001 • Centenary of Federation coverage on ABC Radio networks • Radio Australia extended broadcasts to Asia in English, Indonesian, Chinese, Khmer and Vietnamese • The ABC Senior Employment Agreement 2001 came into effect • The Barton Lectures commenced on Radio National as part of Centenary February 2001 of Federation celebrations • Broadband news service established on ABC Online • West Australian and Queensland elections. The ABC broadcast leaders’ debates and election night coverage • Radio Australia further extended transmission into East and South East Asia and announced new online gateway, Go Asia-Pacific March 2001 • Sir Donald Bradman Memorial Service broadcast on ABC television and Local Radio nationally • ABC Board approvaed major Canberra studio refurbishment • Managing Director’s speech to National Press Club • The inaugural Local Radio Awards held in Canberra April 2001 • ABC Online formally launched The Public Record gateway to Australia’s civic and political life • New Radio National programs, Bush Telegraph and The Buzz announced • First ABC Board Finance Subcommittee meeting • Radio National’s marathon broadcast 100 Years in a Day from 9am to 7pm May 2001 on Sunday 6 May marked the Centenary of Federation • Federal Government announced additional $17.8 million funding per annum for four years to ABC • Test transmission of new digital channel abckids (9 May) • ABC Online recorded 10 million page views in a week • ABC Television’s Aftershock the first program produced in digital format • Federal Parliament centenary celebrations in Melbourne • Deakin Lectures broadcast from Melbourne on Radio National as part of the Centenary of Federation celebrations • Professor Peter Swannell appointed Chair of the ABC Education Development Advisory Group • Television Presentation and Master Control moved to new digital TV June 2001 Network Control Centre at Ultimo, after 45 years at Gore Hill, Sydney • Major refurbishments of ABC TV, Triple J and Classic FM transmitters completed for Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney • Announcement of new Sunday morning television lineup – Insiders and Coast to Coast, and major new evening television initiatives • The Government announced the ABC is to be funded to re-establish an international television service to the Asia-Pacific region • Professor Margaret Seares appointed Chair of the ABC Arts Advisory Group • New arts programming on Radio National announced 3 Mission Statement As Australia’s national broadcaster and major cultural organisation, the ABC’s mission is to provide its audiences with the best programs, performances, products and services it can acquire and produce. To achieve this the ABC will: • transmit independent, comprehensive and innovative national broadcasting services for all Australians; • inform, entertain and contribute to a sense of national identity; • reflect Australia’s regional and cultural diversity; • broadcast programs of an educational nature; • contribute towards the diversity of broadcasting services in Australia; • broadcast programs that provide a balance between wide appeal and specialised programs, making use of and being receptive to Australian creative resources; • provide an independent service for the broadcasting of news and information regarding local, Australian and overseas events; • contribute to public debate concerning issues and matters of importance to Australians; • encourage and promote the musical, dramatic and other performing arts in Australia; • transmit broadcasting programs outside Australia; and • utilise new production and delivery technologies to respond to audience needs. The ABC may also: • provide subscription broadcasting services and subscription and open narrowcasting services. 4 Programs and Services The ABC’s services include: Television • national analog television service • digital television with analog simulcast in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide • a digital multichannel service in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide • local television in each State and Territory • ABC Asia Pacific, an international television service to commence in 2001, broadcasting via satellite to Asia and the Pacific. Radio • four national radio networks comprising Radio National, Classic FM, Triple J, and ABC NewsRadio • Radio Australia, an international radio service broadcasting by shortwave and digital satellite to Asia and the Pacific • nine metropolitan radio stations in capital cities and Newcastle • 48 regional radio stations throughout Australia New Media ABC Online, an Internet service comprising more than 550 000 pages Enterprises • 35 ABC Shops • 79 ABC Centres throughout Australia • ABC Shop Online and telephone order services 5 Programs and Services The ABC offers a distinctive range of programming in 16 major genre categories across these services: Arts and Culture Education Business & Finance History Children’s Light Entertainment Comedy Music Current Affairs News Drama Regional & Rural Factual: Contemporary Life; Religion & Ethics Health; Indigenous; Science, Technology, Natural Law, Consumer Affairs History & Environment & Media; Special Sport Events; and Topical Radio The ABC transmits its programs via: • 640 terrestrial transmitters around Australia for analog television services, including Self Help and Community facilities, formerly known as Broadcasting
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