Dana Wortley (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is the minister aware of comments by her colleague Senator Humphries that the ABC needs advertising revenue to restore services in regional Australia? Did the minister also agree with Senator Humphries when he said:

We can sit back and wait for the wonderful day when money comes from government but it is unlikely to happen in significant quantities into the future.

Can the minister explain why the government has starved the ABC of the funds that it needs to fulfil its charter? When will the government end its ideological obsession with destroying the ABC and restore adequate funding?