Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian government has no current plans to reduce funding for the ABC, or for SBS for that matter, or—and I am sure the senator will find great reassurance from this—to review their editorial policies or programming. We all know that the ABC is a generously funded organisation, courtesy of the Australian taxpayer. But all Australian government agencies and departments should make sure that they are making the best possible use of every single taxpayer dollar, and that is the intent behind the efficiency review that Minister Turnbull has announced. But I can assure the chamber that this government intends to keep all its election commitments.