Andrew Arthur Email & Phone Number

The objective of the ABC Ombudsman’s Office is to resolve complaints regarding ABC content. The Office is separate to and independent of content making areas within the ABC and the Ombudsman reports to the ABC Board.

Gold Coast

The role of the Local Editor at ABC Gold Coast is to try to be all things to all people - locally, as well as key internal and external stakeholders. A small team puts together more than 50 hours of content to a local audience on the radio via 91.7 ABC Gold Coast, while there is a news/features team gathering local content of local, state, and national.

As the Regional Editor, Qld, for ABC's Regional and Local Division, I oversaw the output of Queensland's ten regional bureaux. This involved being responsible for the editorial output of the local radio stations, news, rural and features operations.As the coronavirus pandemic escalated across Australia, I was responsible for working with the Queensland.

Sydney, Australia

Being responsible for the output of a national program on the ABC's main channel was a career goal of mine, and I was thrilled to take on the role of Supervising Producer of the midday news bulletin (Midday with Ros Childs) on ABC TV and ABC News 24. Having the editorial responsibilities of delivering a program for a national audience, with local content.

Sydney, Australia

This role was a good opportunity to learn more about management responsibilities - including staffing and editorial leadership - in a news and programs environment, as for the first time I had no content making role at the same time. A significant challenge in this role was ensuring the News Channel (ABC News 24) had the necessary staff, from a numbers and.

Brisbane, Australia

Working in the Brisbane newsroom of ABC News, was a return to 'traditional' reporting at a time when single-platform reporting was still the most common form of reporting in the organisation. What had been a slow creep of 'multi-platform' reporting was about to become an unstoppable tide which would change the organisation, and industry. As a reporter I.

Melbourne, Australia

This job was complex and challenging, not least because of the very early starts (2AM at the desk). As part of a small team, I helped produce content for the ABC's breakfast television program - News Breakfast. The program was at that time broadcast on ABC 2, before moving to the main channel, and later it was simulcast on the ABC News Channel (then ABC.

As a story producer and journalist for BBC World News, I helped deliver stories of international significance to a global audience. As part of this process I worked with correspondents based around the world on some significant stories - including elections in Iran, the election of Barack Obama, the Black Saturday fires in Australia, the end of the Sri.

As the local sports journalist, I was responsible for finding and delivering local sports stories from across the Far North. This involved looking for stories of importance to the local audience - whether it was local, state, national or international sport. I developed key relationships which enabled me to deliver these stories. While a news journalist I.