Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The government agrees that it should provide stable and adequate funding to the ABC, and that's why, over the triennium, the government is providing $3.2 billion to the ABC. The ABC has content and operational independence. Parliament supports this independence so that decisions made by ABC are free of political interference. ABC content and expenditure decisions are a matter for the ABC board and management.