Primary contact: Maureen

Email: [email protected] 
Facebook: ABCFriendsBallarat

Suggested catchment: 3340, 3341, 3342, 3345, 3350, 3351, 3352, 3354, 3355, 3356, 3357, 3363, 3364, 3370, 3373, 3460, 3461

Click here for news from ABC Friends Ballarat

Some of our 2022 events

Matthew_Ricketson_Eugene_Duffty_P1014014_-_slide.jpg

Matthew Ricketson (L) launches his book Who Needs the ABC? with Eugene Duffy (editor of The Courier, Ballarat) at Ballarat Library. 14 September 2022.

1_yrs_11-12_Loreto_Phoenix_P1013999_-_640px.jpg

On 5 September ABC Friends Ballarat co-sponsored the grand final of the 2022 South Street ACU Debating Challenge for secondary students. Students debated the relevance of the ABC to young people today and whether a publicly funded ABC is more important than ever for Australia’s democracy. Read a Ballarat Times article about the competition here

In March ABC Friends Ballarat hosted a webinar by Jonathan Holmes on "Our ABC and its Enemies".