GetUp! has released Our ABC, a research document which tracks the impact of government cuts to the national broadcaster since 2013 and explores citizen sentiment through an online survey of 1026 people and a series of focus groups. Costs were covered by funding raised through Get Up’s donation system.
To no-one’s surprise the research discovered that the cuts are ferocious. The figures reveal that ‘the national broadcaster’s 2019-20 operational revenue from Government of $879 million represents a decrease in real funding of $367 million per annum, or 29.5%, since 1985-86’.
