The Federal Budget handed down on Tuesday, May 8, froze funding to the ABC for the next three years, effectively cutting $83.6 million from the ABC.
This comes on top of $254 million of cuts since the Coalition government was elected in 2013.
Hundreds of jobs have been lost and programming cut as a result of these deep cuts, making it difficult for the ABC to continue to fulfill its charter. Currently, 20 newsroom jobs around Australia are facing the axe.
Send a message to the Minister for Communications, Mitch Fifield, demanding that he stands up for the ABC’s independence from political interference and fights to protect it from any further funding cuts.