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ABC on strike and off air

01/04/2026 by The Coonamble Times

PHOTO: Dubbo ABC studio off-air for 24 hours during last week’s strike.

Last week thousands of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) staff went on strike against a salary and working conditions offer unions are calling unfair.

From 11am last Wednesday over two-thousand staff joined the 24-hour walkout across Australia.

ABC Radio Western Plains, which broadcasts to Coonamble and surrounding areas, was among those outlets to switch off their microphones.

In place of live local, regional and national programming and news, recordings of past programs . . .


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