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Funded in the same way the US government has grants for PBS and NPR or funded in the sense it's partially or fully owned by the Australian government?
by djsumdog 7y ago
Funded in the same way the US government has grants for PBS and NPR or funded in the sense it's partially or fully owned by the Australian government?
- shusson 7y agoThe ABC is funded mainly by the Australian government and appointments to the ABC Board made by the government [1]. The funding is currently around $1 billion a year [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation#Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corpor... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation#cite_note-Current_Govt_Funding-65 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corpor...
- lukevdp 7y agoIt’s funded by the government but has a charter of being impartial and unbiased.