{"id":7171,"date":"2020-07-02T11:01:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T11:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7171"},"modified":"2020-07-02T11:01:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T11:01:11","slug":"labor-will-reverse-morrisons-abc-cuts-to-save-regional-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/07\/02\/labor-will-reverse-morrisons-abc-cuts-to-save-regional-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"LABOR WILL REVERSE MORRISON\u2019S ABC CUTS TO SAVE REGIONAL JOBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Albanese Labor Government will reverse Scott Morrison\u2019s $83.7 million cut to the ABC to save regional jobs, protect critical emergency broadcasting and support local news and content.<br \/>\nABC emergency coverage saved lives during the summer bushfires and staff came off leave to ensure Australians were kept informed. Now 250 dedicated ABC staff face the sack as a result of Scott Morrison\u2019s cuts.<br \/>\nLabor Leader Anthony Albanese will make\u00a0the announcement in Eden-Monaro today with Labor candidate Kristy McBain.<br \/>\nThis builds on Labor\u2019s pledge to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alp.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=942ebc4c1cf8fc522a4f4c50e&amp;id=fc24f0e488&amp;e=579c54a3a1\">improve broadcast coverage<\/a>\u00a0across Eden-Monaro with a focus on ABC local radio black spots, as well as power back-up for broadcasting transmission facilities so they work for longer during natural disasters.<br \/>\nThe ABC has worked tirelessly to support regional communities across Australia, particularly through drought, bushfires and now coronavirus. Labor thanks hardworking ABC staff for their dedication.<br \/>\nThis Saturday, the people of Eden-Monaro have the chance to send the Government a message: Don\u2019t cut ABC jobs, regional news or emergency broadcasting.<br \/>\nThe only way to ensure a strong voice for Eden-Monaro and the ABC is to vote for Labor\u2019s Kristy McBain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Albanese Labor Government will reverse Scott Morrison\u2019s $83.7 million cut to the ABC to save regional jobs, protect critical emergency broadcasting and support local news and content. ABC emergency coverage saved lives during the summer bushfires and staff came off leave to ensure Australians were kept informed. Now 250 dedicated ABC staff face the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/07\/02\/labor-will-reverse-morrisons-abc-cuts-to-save-regional-jobs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;LABOR WILL REVERSE MORRISON\u2019S ABC CUTS TO SAVE REGIONAL JOBS&#8221;<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171","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=7171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}