Labor pledges to give $60m to ABC for local drama if it wins election

The ABC is in line for a $60m funding boost to help create more local drama if the Australian Labor Party wins next month’s election, under a new policy outlined by the party yesterday.

As part of the policy, which was launched on Saturday by leader Bill Shorten, the party has also promised “caution” in looking at any possible changes to copyright, although mostly in relation to book publishing and territorial rights.

The party has used the policy launch to attack the Liberal government saying in its release: “Abbott-Turnbull Government has delivered nothing but chaos and cuts for the arts.”