Much-loved Melbourne based ABC radio broadcaster Julie Copeland died early this year and will be farewelled at a celebration in St Kilda later in March.

The ABC has lost one of its foremost champions. Matt Peacock – co-founder and inaugural chair of ABC Alumni, former ABC staff-elected Board member and a journalist best known for his pivotal role in pursuing corporate corruption and the deadly truth about asbestosis – died this week, aged 72. This tribute has been prepared by colleagues Helen Grasswill and Quentin Dempster who worked with Matt both at the ABC and later in the formation of the Alumni.

Tim Bowden, 1937-2024

Legendary ABC broadcaster, producer and author TIM BOWDEN died on Sunday, aged 87. He was a war correspondent in Vietnam, the maker of ground-breaking radio oral history series, the presenter of Backchat on ABC TV, and the author of 18 books. Tim was awesomely talented. Perhaps even more important, he was greatly loved, by colleagues and by the Australian public.

Tim, who was always a stalwart supporter of the ABC and its staff, was the third person, other than the founding directors, to sign up to ABC Alumni. He was always willing to help.  In the run-up to the last election, he recorded a series of spook Backchat videos, which we wittily called Chatback. 

We asked one his oldest and earliest colleagues, broadcaster and columnist MIKE CARLTON, to pen this tribute to Tim ‘God’ Bowden.

With profound sadness, ABC Alumni honours the life of our dear colleague Caroline Jones (1938-2022) – loved, respected and revered for her generosity, decency and humanity. Her deep sense of public duty, and media responsibility, has influenced generations of journalists.

Listen to ABC interview with Helen Grasswill about Caroline’s lasting legacy

Read ABC obituary by Megan Mackander