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

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Communications, Senator Watt. Yesterday we saw the shocking decision that over 100 jobs will be cut from the ABC. I want to express my support for all the staff and their families who got this pretty shocking news yesterday. Not only will talented staff lose their jobs; taxpayers will lose important news and public interest journalism. There will be cuts to local TV news bulletins on Sundays, right across states and territories. There'll be cuts to the arts and culture reporting. There's even the cutting of the political editor here in Parliament House. A cut to the ABC is a cut to the Australian people and their right to news. In an age of Murdoch media misinformation, why won't the Labor government work with the Greens and commit to fully funding the ABC and reversing all of those coalition-era cuts?