‘The ABC is, after all, owned by all Australians’: Kim Williams outlines plans for cultural review

ABC chair Kim Williams has announced a forthcoming cultural review at the broadcaster, as well as plans to conduct a “thoughtful appraisal of the ABC’s performance” that will see the majority of its budget focused on news, current affairs, and general Australian content.

Williams made the remarks in the foreword of the ABC’s 2024 annual report, which was tabled in parliament on Tuesday evening.

Referring to himself as “an ABC devotee”, Williams acknowledged the “turbulence and challenge of change in the operating environment is evolving with a speed and unpredictably that is pervasive and awesomely powerful”.