No cuts to the ABC?
‘While Australia’s elected representatives argue over what then-opposition leader Tony Abbott meant when he promised “no cuts to the ABC, or SBS” the night before the last election, directly to the electorate, while advertising himself as a leader who could be trusted not to break his promises, the cuts are in and the announcements of what form they will take at the ABC have been made.’ Brian McNair and Adam Smith ask in The Conversation (25.11.14) whether this is ‘the beginning of the end of the ABC as we know it?’