Australian Broadcasting Corporation Switches to BBC Programming as Staff Walk Off the Job
Harold Phillips | Published on 3/26/2026
More than 2,000 ABC staff around Australia walked off the job for a 24-hour strike, forcing ABC services across TV, radio and digital to use BBC World Service and repeat programming. Fran Kelly told striking workers outside the broadcaster’s Sydney headquarters, “I’ve seen too many sensational journalists, sensational producers, leave, not because they want to, but because they had to … it’s not acceptable that you get stuck on a pay level you’re not able to live on.”
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