Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. Before becoming Prime Minister, Tony Abbott promised that there would be no cuts to the ABC. He broke that promise and cut hundreds of millions of dollars from the ABC's budget. Now, under Prime Minister Turnbull, the government has cut another $84 million from the ABC's budget. Minister, why on earth would we trust you or the Prime Minister when you say you won't privatise the ABC? Why would anyone trust anything that your government says when, over and over again, you've misled the Australian people and you've broken your promise?