Curious Kids: Who made the alphabet song?
Because of the way our brains work, we can remember songs and rhymes much more easily than just words or letters. The ABC song teaches kids the basics of the English language.
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The ABC’s Ask the Doctor sends mixed messages about obesity
The ABC's new show Ask the Doctor goes some way to explain the many contributors to obesity. So, why spoil it with the take-home message that willpower is all you need to lose weight?
Vale Mark Colvin: eternal optimist and journalistic force of nature
Friend and colleague Jim Middleton pays tribute to legendary ABC journalist Mark Colvin, who has died aged 65.
Missing in action: the ABC and Australia’s screen culture
The ABC is dragging its heels in providing new Australian content to audiences, due to a lack of governance, an inadequate Charter and its poor relationship with the independent production sector.
The slow death of Australian children’s TV drama
TV networks must produce new local children's TV drama each year - but they are increasingly making animation, with little sense of place. We need shows that will reflect kids' lives back to them.
Abdel-Magied Anzac row is a storm over not much
There are two issues in the latest episode of the culture wars, sparked by the Anzac Day Facebook comment by controversial young Muslim activist and part-time ABC presenter Yassmin Abdel-Magied. One is…
30 years of Rage, and no signs of quietening
ABC TV's Rage has so far weathered the storm of digital disruption to remain an important, and nostalgic, part of Australia's music industry.
‘I don’t want to be teased’ – why bullied children are reluctant to seek help from teachers
Fear of repercussions and the feeling of not being taken seriously are two reasons why children who are bullied don't seek help from teachers.
And then there were two: welcome back ABC Fact Check
In a time of slippery weasel words and 'alternative facts', we are delighted to see the return of the ABC fact-checking unit in collaboration with RMIT.
Pacific nations lose shortwave radio services that evade dictators and warn of natural disasters
Australia's decision to take another step back from international broadcasting by ceasing its far reaching border crossing shortwave radio services has raised questions about who will fill the void.
Changes to Radio National are gutting a cultural treasure trove
Sweeping changes proposed at Radio National undermine the network's specialist knowledge and documentary-making savvy. Yet amid the echo chambers of social media, we need RN more than ever.
Man Up: inspired genius or half-baked celebrity expertise?
Suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 45. The ABC TV series Man Up explores whether a reluctance to express feelings is part of the problem - yet the show seems to teeter between celebrating male culture and asking it to change.
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Harvard study: Policy issues nearly absent in presidential campaign coverage
How is the Trump-Clinton contest being covered by the country's major newspapers and broadcasters? We look at the data.
Recognition: Yes or No? The ABC asks the wrong questions of the wrong people
The ABC has missed a rare opportunity to deeply engage with the diversity of views among Indigenous Australians about whether and how they should be 'recognised' in the Constitution.
Today’s leaders could learn from Menzies, who built modern Australia without acting in haste
There can be no doubt that Australia became modern between 1949 and 1966, the year Robert Menzies retired as prime minister.
The democratic paradox
Last night ABC’s Q&A scored its usual high ratings. Not for the first time, the ABC’s flagship public access current affairs program gave primetime commercial TV a run for its money. It’s not without…
Four Corners: is using restraints akin to torture?
What was shown on Four Corners was cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment – if not torture.
Bloody good TV: how Rake changed Australian television
The ABC’s Rake is about to air its final episode. This smart, postmodern show ushered in a new kind of Australian satire: with less caricature than Front Line, more politics than Kath and Kim, and a fluid connection to high and low culture.
The lessons to be learned now the ABC’s pulled its ‘inaccurate’ Wi-Fried program
The ABC failed its own accuracy test when it broadcast claims of health risks associated with wireless devices such as mobile phones.
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