ABC Cuts: beyond the desolation, the city of dreams

As the ABC holds ugly meetings with staff around Australia, Mark Scott sticks to the need for program cuts in public.

24 Nov 2014 12:00

David Tiley

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Film

The axeman arrives. Image: cover of The Big Don’t Argue, from Weddings Parties Anything, available on iTunes.

Mark Scott, CEO of the ABC, today produced a substantial announcement in response to the cuts, outlining the trimmed future and insisting the gaps will include programming.

$200m down over four years, plus the earlier cuts, four hundred jobs or 10% of the workforce – the grim news is reiterated again. At least the ABC knows where it stand.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.