The Greens have urged the Albanese Government to \u2018Dutton-proof\u2019 new funding for the ABC in law before the election to protect it from future Coalition cuts. The Greens are offering their support in the Senate to build a \u201cDutton-proof fence\u201d when Parliament returns in February for what could be the final sitting days of this term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is Greens spokesperson for Communications, Greens Manager of Business in Senate, Senator for South Australia:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPeter Dutton has a fixation on cutting & attacking the ABC which is why we need to lock 5-year funding terms in law now before the election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Greens are offering Labor a pathway through the Senate in February to build a Dutton-proof fence and protect the ABC from another round of Coalition cuts. Let\u2019s get it done when Parliament returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Coalition cut hundreds of millions from the ABC & SBS when they were last in power and the Greens have long called for the full restoration of funding. Today\u2019s announcement of $83m over 2 years, while welcome, does not heal the wounds after a decade of deep Coalition cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI also want to congratulate Mr. Hugh Marks on his appointment as new Managing Director of the ABC today. The ABC is a national treasure charged with a serious responsibility to inform, entertain, reflect and educate Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe need someone who will fight to protect the independence of the ABC and stand up to Peter Dutton and the Coalitions attacks. I hope Mr. Marks is up to the job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Greens have urged the Albanese Government to \u2018Dutton-proof\u2019 new funding for the ABC in law before the election to protect it from future Coalition cuts. The Greens are offering their support in the Senate to build a \u201cDutton-proof fence\u201d when Parliament returns in February for what could be the final sitting days of this … Continue reading “Greens urge Labor to “Dutton-Proof” ABC funding in law before election”<\/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-30672","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\/30672","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=30672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30673,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30672\/revisions\/30673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}