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The ABC have added ABC Business Daily to their suite of podcast offerings, to help make sense of the biggest stories in business, finance and economics.
Launching today, Monday March 23, ABC Business Daily will be presented by Senior Business Correspondent Carrington Clarke alongside other ABC business journalists, and released weekdays.
Monday to Thursday ABC Business Daily will go beyond the headlines to explain what’s happening and why it matters, analysing the forces shaping the economy and how they impact Australians. From interest rates and AI to how global instability and the fuel crisis is affecting the markets, the podcast will leave listeners better informed on the stories behind the headlines.
Fridays are a deep dive with That’s Business with Alan Kohler. Business journalist Kohler will speak with a leading figure in politics, economics or business to help audiences understand where Australia is headed. This Friday commences with Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
ABC Business Daily and That’s Business join other daily podcasts ABC Top Stories, ABC News Daily, Politics Now, ABC Sport Daily and Global Roaming. Together they bring Australians the best of the ABC, delivering the context, insight and explanation needed to better understand the world around them, whenever and wherever they choose to listen.
ABC podcasts continue to build their listenership. In the February Triton Australia Podcast Ranker, released this week, ABC News Top Stories was again the No 1 news podcast and second on the overall list. ABC News Daily was no 11 and Politics Now No 22. Global Roaming rose seven places to be No 44 and ABC Sport Daily climbed eight places to No 59.
The national broadcaster will be part of the business conversation themselves when staff go on strike on Wednesday March 25 for the first time in 20 years, after rejecting a pay rise offer. 60% of ABC staff rejected management’s offer of a 10% total pay rise over three years – 3.5% in the first year and 3.25% in the two years after.
The 24-hour strike will begin at 11am AEDT and is likely to affect live radio and television broadcasts.
Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) Chief Executive, Erin Madeley, said the decision came after months of negotiations with ABC management:
“ABC staff are taking this step because they want fair pay that keeps up with the cost of living, genuine job security, and working conditions that allow them to continue serving the Australian public with integrity.
Experienced journalists and media workers are being asked to do more with less – with fewer opportunities for pay progression, less certainty about their future, and growing workloads.
“This isn’t just a workforce issue. When skilled, experienced staff are forced out, communities lose trusted local voices, particularly in regional Australia where the ABC is often the only local newsroom.”
ABC Business Daily is available on ABC listen and wherever you get your podcasts, with new episodes every weekday at 3pm. Audiences can also find That’s Business with Alan Kohler on YouTube on Friday afternoons.