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Announcements Mar 25, 2026 at 8:41 AM

ABC strike: national broadcaster switches to BBC programming as staff walk off the job for 24 hours | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Posted by kwentongskyblue

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/25/abc-staff-strike
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fullmoon63 Mar 25, 2026 +158
Honestly some people might enjoy the BBC takeover.
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res30stupid Mar 25, 2026 +27
Great British Menu is on tonight! They'll love it.
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maroonneutralino Mar 25, 2026 +3
John you've got one minute to the pass. Oui chef!
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loves_to_splooge_8 Mar 25, 2026 +21
Wait..
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manormortal Mar 25, 2026 +1
relax bby, dredd is a gentle giant, you'll splooge in no time.
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Powerful_Rub_4051 Mar 25, 2026 +9
My wife would
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IntellegentIdiot Mar 25, 2026 +3
Unless the BBC goes on strike and they have to show CBC programming
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eightdollarbeer Mar 25, 2026 +1
I for one welcome our new British overlords
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blankvoidoid Mar 25, 2026 +94
Does that mean the BBC is gonna send those stupid warning letters to the whole country about "pay us our license fee or we'll be mad"?
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themanfromoctober Mar 25, 2026 +20
Considering how devastating the [last time](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r3BO6GP9NMY&pp=ygUNd2FyIGRheSB0b2RheQ%3D%3D) Australia and the U.K. clashed?
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boat_hamster Mar 25, 2026 +42
The thought of Aussies sitting down in the evening to watch BBC Breakfast amuses me for some reason.
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COMMANDEREDH Mar 25, 2026 +79
Good on the staff. A strong ABC is a requirement for a strong Australian democracy; pay the staff fairly.
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ThePensioner Mar 26, 2026 +3
If only the same argument was heard for PBS lmfao. Have had tens of people irl tell me we shouldn’t be funding it because we have so many other media outlets now so public media is useless and wasteful…
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Ill-Wind2384 Mar 25, 2026 +34
Oh, Australian ABC
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Pm-ur-butt Mar 25, 2026 +4
My reaction as well... the David Muir Show, Wheel of Fortune and Kimmel are my only constants rn
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Kichigai Mar 25, 2026 +2
Isn't *Wheel* syndicated?
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Pm-ur-butt Mar 25, 2026 +2
Im sure it is, i dunno if its on BBC though. Only place I know to watch is A(American)BC
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Kalse1229 Mar 25, 2026 +1
Yeah, I did a double take as well. I always forget Australia has an ABC as well (and I only know about that from Bluey).
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jarrettbrown Mar 26, 2026 +1
I said the same thing. I was so confused.
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mahwaha Mar 25, 2026 +3
Maybe I’m just dumb but I never really got the point of announcing ahead of time how short your strike is.
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TeaAndSageDirtbag Mar 25, 2026 +6
Presume it's also to help/ win over strikers too. A person's more likely to join if it's a one day thing.
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KeyboardChap Mar 25, 2026 +3
The point is that the law says they have to give notice of the duration of the strike
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mahwaha Mar 26, 2026 +2
This is objectively not true. Why are you just making shit up?
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[deleted] Mar 25, 2026 +8
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TimidPanther Mar 26, 2026 +2
How did the ABC report that the teachers were greedy? The ABC doesn't give opinions on the news they produce.
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dj_ethical_buckets Mar 26, 2026
Whats it like just making shit up on the internet? Is it fun?
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aresef Mar 25, 2026 +1
And if that doesn't work, they'll switch to CBC
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CryoRenegade Mar 26, 2026 +1
Friendly Jordies is going to have some fun with this
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hates_writing_checks Mar 25, 2026 +1
American here, briefly confused about why ABC would do this. Good on ya!
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Nabashin17 Mar 25, 2026 +1
Significant impact on all 12 of their viewers.
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CoolDan123 Mar 25, 2026 -8
So AU is still British colonia LOL
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