Scott Morrison\u2019s pre-election budget has confirmed cuts to the ABC will continue under the Liberals, the Greens say.
\n\u201cThis is a government that has undermined the integrity of the ABC again and again and now, in this budget, they\u2019ve locked in further cuts. The ABC needs a boost in funding, and under this government it continues to lose out,\u201d Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.
\n\u201cThis was an opportunity to ensure our ABC was well-resourced, by increasing funding and setting five-year funding cycles. Instead, the Liberals want to cut funding and 50 more jobs.
\n\u201cThis comes on the back of almost $340 million in funding cuts, pointless reviews that undermine the ABC\u2019s independence and instances of political interference.
\n\u201cEven the Labor Party won\u2019t return the Liberal Party\u2019s full cuts to the ABC. The only way to strengthen the ABC, to restore its funding and give our beloved public broadcaster stability and certainty, is to have Greens fighting for it in the Senate.
\n\u201cThe ABC is overwhelmingly Australia\u2019s most trusted news source. It provides a vital service across the country, it is where we turn when there is a disaster, emergency or bushfire. To do its job as the public expects, to continue producing the new Australians trust and the stories we love, the ABC must be well-funded.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scott Morrison\u2019s pre-election budget has confirmed cuts to the ABC will continue under the Liberals, the Greens say. \u201cThis is a government that has undermined the integrity of the ABC again and again and now, in this budget, they\u2019ve locked in further cuts. The ABC needs a boost in funding, and under this government it … Continue reading “ABC will continue to lose out under Liberals”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}