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Originally Posted by JA
On the subject of the ABC's budget it's about $1.1 Billion, or about 0.1% of Australia's GDP. A budget cut (or funding freeze) of $80 Million is insignificant in the sense that they should be able to reorganise, redeploy or cut waste, otherwise really ......?
Notwithstanding the ABC's contribution to science and technology programming, I'm sure many would be able to think of worthy community uses for $80 Million.
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JA
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Except that $80 million comes on the back of a $254 million cut back in 2014 (despite a certain ex-PM promising "no cuts to the ABC" before the election).
The ABC has also shed 1012 jobs in that time:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/may/24/abc-has-shed-1012-jobs-since-2014-senate-estimates-told
I think this years Stargazing Live ran a lot smoother than it did last year. Hopefully it will be a a regular event and will continue to improve.