Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

As everybody in this chamber actually knows, those decisions are left with the ABC and not with the government. Indeed, we got a question earlier on today about programming from the Australian Greens as though somehow government could determine programming. Sometimes I wish! But we accept that programming and those decisions are left with management of the ABC, and it is appropriate that it be left there. Therefore, to assert that somehow there would be 100 jobs lost here or there—I am surprised that Senator McEwen did not raise the chestnut of Peppa Pig, which was tried on earlier and fell completely flat.

I say yet again: this government is committed to the efficient administration of Australia's hard earned tax dollars and, as a result, we want every area of government to operate as efficiently as possible. On that note, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.