ABC gets $10m boost to budget
The ABC has been given a $10m boost in funding with the money to go towards the public broadcaster’s news budget.
The boost is funding is a one-off increase and will be used for fact-checking units, more specialist reporters, equipment and links to regional centres.
Mr T likes this status
Nice one. Life would be terribly dull without the ABC.
“Here’s $10 million. Now make sure everyone goes softly on Gillard and the Greens for the next 8 months – got it? Downplay that Craig Thompson stuff; don’t put the slipper ino Slipper, ignore the AWU scandal, attack Abbott every day and above all, make sure everyone thinks its for news and job creation. Got it? Play it right and there’s more where that came from. You’re not recording this, are you? Shit!….”
@Mike The problem with conspiracy theories is they’re rarely true.
@Mike: That’s a very, very serious accusation. Naturally, I assume you have sufficient evidence to support your view, and be willing to testify.
Remember as good as this news is, it is a one-off payment made to the News division and represents around a 12% increase in the news division’s budget. But isn’t the timing funny? Last week Mark Scott was in front of a Senate committee investigating the ABC’s commitment to the regions and saying how much he loves the bush, with little evidence to back it up… and lo and behold a week later he pulls this bunny out of the hat to show just how love he is showering on our country cousins. Co-incidence or what? Mark Scott is a canny operator and you have to hand it to him. In one fell swoop he has neutralized the Senate inquiry and appeared to be a champion of news provision and country Australia. Let’s see what is in the Budget shall we. My bet is that this is a bone Stephen Conroy has thrown him to compensate for the fact that the ABC will not get anything in the triennial funding package.
No money (or effort) going towards reducing left wing bias and the ABC becoming more impartial and credible.
Didn’t they give a $250million rebate to the FTA’s last year? I’d have preferred that to have gone to the ABC.
Sorry missed a word: My bet is that this is a bone Stephen Conroy has thrown him to compensate for the fact that the ABC will not get anything MORE in the triennial funding package.
The best part of this thread was when someone asked if someone else had evidence to back up their claim and if they were willing to testify. ON THE INTERNET!
What a day.