[1] She remained at SBS until 1999, when she moved to become associate producer of the PBS-BBC-ABC co-production Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore[5] written and presented by Australian historian, art critic and writer Robert Hughes.
As Commissioner and Executive Producer, she delivered formats and one off programs as well as games, books, art installations, video and photo exhibitions and interactive content.
Over nine years at the ABC, Duthie delivered an array of original, award-winning and high rating content across all ABC platforms including Hetti Perkins Art & Soul, Kitchen Cabinet with Annabel Crabb, The New Inventors, Betty Churcher's Hidden Treasures, At The Movies with Margaret and David, Spicks & Specks, The Gruen Transfer and Gruen Planet, Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey, Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight, Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell and various Chaser projects.
Her arts programming slate included Artscape, At the Movies, First Tuesday Book Club, an ongoing series of ABC Live concerts, and The Bazura Project.
[4] She remained at the ABC for nine years,[6] leaving in December 2011 to join the Adelaide Film Festival as CEO and Creative Director.
She resigned to pursue other opportunities and ended up as ABC television's Head of Arts, Amanda Duthie's previous position (the two women had effectively swapped jobs).
The 2016 Adelaide Film Festival goes Rogue event featured the world premiere of Osamah Sami's Muslim rom-com Ali's Wedding, screened a special work in progress version of David Stratton's A Cinematic Life and treated audiences to the Australian premiere of the interactive and internationally acclaimed virtual reality work Collisions by Lynette Wallworth.
[9] In June 2009, one of "her" shows, The Chaser's War on Everything, broadcast the infamous "Make a Realistic Wish Foundation" skit, which led to complaints and criticism.
[4] As a result, Duthie had her responsibility for comedy removed,[10] but remained the Head of Arts & Entertainment, a punishment characterised by one commentator as “being whipped with a bit of limp lettuce”.