From debras link:
""Members opposite thought that the ABC was the one institution that shouldn't be subject to an efficiency dividend. We think it should be subject to the efficiency dividend. The ABC should not be exempted from the kind of measures that are being applied to almost every other part of government," he said."

Even if that were true, what was he meaning when he said no cuts to SBS or ABC? To me it seems like a deliberate attempt to buy votes on the election eve. It's dishonest whichever way you look at it.

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2014/s4133161.htm

 

 

But Mark Scott says emergency broadcasting won't be affected and the ABC will continue to pour more money into digital and online services. 

 

 

 

haha obviously Mark Scott is smart enough to know what the funding cuts are really about

 

 

take that Rupert!

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/stop-using-verbal-gymnastics-over-abc-cuts-bac...

 

 

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has denied using "verbal gymnastics" over cuts to the ABC after one of his own MPs urged him to call a spade a spade and stop denying the government had broken its election promise.

 

 

 

well, yes, a spade is really a spade isn't it??

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In 1996 seven out of 10 Australians watched ABC TV at least once in any given week.

 

This week barely four out of 10 will bother tuning in to the flagship channel, according to the broadcaster’s 2013-14 annual report, which shows that even when the other ABC channels are included, the reach of ABC TV is declining.

 

 

Three out of four metropolitan radio listeners find something better to listen to than ABC Local Radio, News Radio, Radio National, Triple J or Classic FM.

 

As for the ABC’s digital websites into which the corporation has invested much money and hope, the cold hard fact of the matter is that 75 per cent of Australians never log into them at all.

 

For much of the time the majority of Australians are blithely disengaged from the ABC…

 

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@boris1gary wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

I'd like to see them take the axe to idiot shows like the Chasers.

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yes I can see that some comedy is beyond some peoples intellect, or it could just be an age thing.

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definitely below most ppls intellect and yes definitely an age thing. Most grownups are over juvenile humour.

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but don't you watch and promote the bolt show?

Which $800k Aunty staffer got paid more than Mark Scott?

 

One lucky ABC staffer walked away with over $800k last financial year. Wonder who it was …

 

Rank-and-file ABC employees have been left shaking their heads after the publicly funded broadcaster revealed in its annual report a senior staffer was paid well over $800,000 last financial year, $20,000 more than their boss, managing director Mark Scott.

 

http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/10/25/which-aunty-hack-got-paid-more-than-mark-scott/