Council has examined issues such as Education and Children's programs,Youth programs, Multiculturalism, Music, Women's Sport, News and Current Affairs, Program Standards, Proposed Changes to ABC Charter, Impact of Funding Cuts, Science Programming, Language and Violence. Council also has a continuing monitoring function on key issues such as local service delivery. Attend meetings and offer feedback on programming. Maintain contacts with the community. Report back to the Council and, in turn to the ABC Board on community views and interests regarding ABC programs.
Members also participate in various forms of community consultation.
Members represent the ABC Advisory Council at meetings within their own communities and introduce ABC-related sessions into conferences they may attend because of their interests and associations. There are also occasions where more formal community consultation is arranged by the ABC on behalf of the ABC Advisory Council. Council to the representatives chair these events. Council also holds public meetings and meetings of representatives of interest groups from time to time. Members with special interests have also conducted school and university sessions.