New ABC studios in the Pilbara
ABC expands regional services in Western Australia, in Karratha and Carnarvon.
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ABC has opened a new building in the Pilbara, WA.
The ABC’s Director of Regional & Local services, Judith Whelan opened the new studios in The Pelago, on Sharpe Avenue in Karratha, relocated from their previous site in De Grey Place.
The event also marked the opening of the ABC’s new mini-bureau in Carnarvon, one of five new bureaux that have opened recently across the country as part of the ABC’s expansion of its regional services.
The Carnarvon bureau will cover the broader region including Shark Bay, Coral Bay, Exmouth and Gascoyne Junction.
“We now have the capacity to cover more local stories from the more remote parts of the region,” Whelan said.
She welcomed the ABC’s two new Carnarvon-based reporters, Kate Ferguson and Bianca Carbone to the ABC Pilbara team as well as the new Karratha-based reporter, Cameron Carr.
ABC Pilbara’s new location provides excellent protection from cyclones, which means the bureau will be able to continue to broadcast during an emergency.
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ABC always cries poor under the Liberals yet here we are splashing some serious cash that’s available for regional Western Australia.
Totally support what’s occurred and it’s these types of projects tax payers should be funding at the ABC.
This has probably come from the budget that allocated “$43.7 million over three years from 2019-20 to the ABC to continue to support local news and current affairs services, particularly in regional areas” tvtonight.com.au/2019/04/budget-allocation-for-abc-sbs.html
“Last year (2018) the government froze ABC’s annual funding indexation for three years from July 2019, effectively costing the organisation $84 million.”