Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Friends of the ABC (Queensland)
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- FABC (Qld)
- ABC Friends Queensland
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1976?-
History
After government threats to sharply cut the ABC's budget in 1976, a group of citizens in Melbourne formed 'Aunty's Nices and nephews', which later became 'Friends of the ABC'. In January 2014 the name was changed again to 'ABC Friends'. Each State has an an ABC Friends managed by honorary Committees. Friends of the ABC (Qld) was formed spontaneously as a broadcasting consumer group to publicise and to take action against threats to the independence of the ABC. ABC Friends National Inc, was formed in December 2016.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
AU QU
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised, Linda Justo, 29-Apr-2020
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Script(s)
Sources
ABC Friends 'About Us' website, viewed 29-Apr-2020