look out abc

"What I can say to you is we don't have any plans to cut the funding to the ABC.
- shadow communications minister Malcolm Turnbull, interviewed by Lateline's Tony Jones on February 14, 2013.
Middleton: The commitment to maintain funding in real terms over the term of the coming parliament … does that stand?
Alston: Absolutely.
- exchange between Jim Middleton, ABC TV News chief political correspondent, and Senator Richard Alston on federal election night, March 2, 1996.
It is hard to forget.

Within a year of the change of government in 1996, the ABC Board ordered the industrial 'execution' of 1,000 staff as the Howard government dishonoured its election commitment and cut $11 million to operational base funding immediately and $55 million for the triennium starting 97-98."



http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-22/dempster-the-future-of-public-broadcasting/4902904