In this episode of Australia, Explained, we break down public broadcasting in Australia, how they’re funded and what it means for news journalism.

This episode acts as a “Part Two” to our very first episode we released about news media ownership in Australia (feels like years ago!). If you haven’t listened to that ep, you can do that here: Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Browser.

Bits and pieces mentioned:

2021 budget for public broadcasting

Foxtel gets $40 million of funding

ABC misses out on funding this budget

Parliament paper on ABC funding

Labor pledges to reverse ABC funding cuts

ABC program cuts in response

The ABC and our democracy

ABC runs ads on third party platforms

ABC 2020 Annual Report

This week, Tania recommended an ABC podcast called Rear Vision that takes a deep dive into the historical context of key issues and debates we hear of today. Vanessa recommended an ABC iView show called “You Can’t Ask That”, where marginalised and misunderstood groups of Aussies answer viewer-submitted questions. 

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