If you reckon the ABC has lost its way on the arts and is not meeting its charter; that it’s bland, or woke, or exclusive, trying too hard to be cool, don’t panic – Kim Williams is on it.

“I think,” says the chair of the national broadcaster, “there is always room for significant improvement, right?” 

In the week his appointment was announced in January, Williams put the ABC’s responsibilities for arts and culture high on his agenda, and he hasn’t really stopped, using speeches, and this exclusive interview, to let us know he wants the broadcaster to “rediscover” its role in building the intellectual and creative life of the nation…

>>> Read on in The Australian