In short:
Federal government funding for the ABC will lift by more than $40 million a year from 2026-27.
Funding for the ABC and SBS will be decided for five years at a time, rather than three, to help prevent ‘political interference’ within the broadcasters.
What’s next?
- Laws to cement the new five-year funding deal still need to be drafted and consulted on, making it unlikely they could be acted on before the next federal election.
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Let’s hope they can properly fund a full year of 4 corners. I was peeved that they’d had to cut the number of episodes etc.
It’s the show that’s exposed the most of what really goes on.
4 corners, Media Watch and then Q&A would drive the discussion for the week. The pollies hated it, and have worked to dismantle it.
This all seems like a good thing.
