Aunty retreats to Bunker Ultimo with closure of headquarters to the public
The public can no longer take a selfie with the Tardis at the ABC Ultimo headquarters in Sydney.
The once bustling lobby – which also provided a shortcut for UTS students – has now been locked off to the public and the Bananas in Pyjamas murals on the windows of the old ABC Store have been replaced with a security office.
The closure also means that ABC fans can no longer access the exhibition spaces that have been a feature of the lobby since it first opened and in recent times have hosted exhibits such as the 30th anniversary of Rage and the history of ABC foreign news coverage.
I wouldn’t even put it past it for high-profile public, commercial and community broadcasters to be required to have their broadcast studios in high-security precincts where people who visit those precincts have to be working for or having something to do with the broadcasters before they can enter these precincts. As well, the buildings and street furniture will be totally “designed for security” and similar rules to what happens with airports could be enforced around these precincts.
Last with all the non-news.