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Government announces $40m a year funding boost for ABC (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In short:

Federal government funding for the ABC will lift by more than $40 million a year from 2026-27.

Funding for the ABC and SBS will be decided for five years at a time, rather than three, to help prevent 'political interference' within the broadcasters.

What's next?

Laws to cement the new five-year funding deal still need to be drafted and consulted on, making it unlikely they could be acted on before the next federal election.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

This all seems like a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Let's hope they can properly fund a full year of 4 corners. I was peeved that they'd had to cut the number of episodes etc.

It's the show that's exposed the most of what really goes on.

4 corners, Media Watch and then Q&A would drive the discussion for the week. The pollies hated it, and have worked to dismantle it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago