The ABC has been shedding staff since the Coalition cut $254m from the ABC budget in 2014. Sinddy Ealy (@sinddyealy) Great question from @KKeneally in abc #estimates - when was the last time that a Liberal government increased funding to the ABC. Earlier in the day estimates heard that the communications minister, Mitch Fifield, regularly complains about ABC content, at the rate of about one complaint a month. The latest complaint Fifield lodged was about a TV report by the economics reporter Emma Alberici on innovation, which was also the subject of a complaint by the prime minister. ABC to cut 20 newsroom jobs in digital-led restructure Read more“Thirty years ago, the ABC had five platforms and 6,000 employees,” she said.

Source: The Guardian May 23, 2018 21:49 UTC