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Photo via Mark Fahey<\/p><\/div>\n

(Source: The Guardian<\/a> via Michael Bird)<\/p>\n

ABC staff have been warned a $14.6m budget cut will be implemented in the next financial year after the re-election of the Coalition.<\/p>\n

The new managing director, David Anderson, told staff on Monday morning that a \u201cbudget challenge\u201d was looming after his lobbying efforts in Canberra to reverse the cut fell on deaf ears.<\/p>\n

The Labor party had promised to reverse the Coalition\u2019s $83.7m \u201cindexation pause\u201d if elected and one of the ALP\u2019s election promises was to give the ABC and the SBS an extra $60m between them.<\/p>\n

Anderson has long indicated that more jobs were likely to go to \u201cfree up\u201d as much money as possible for content.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full article via The Guardian.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: The Guardian via Michael Bird) ABC staff have been warned a $14.6m budget cut will be implemented in the next financial year after the re-election of the Coalition. The new managing director, David Anderson, told staff on Monday morning that a \u201cbudget challenge\u201d was looming after his lobbying efforts in Canberra to reverse the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3],"tags":[86,2742,7554,787],"class_list":["post-37899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-abc","tag-australian-broadcasting-corporation","tag-michael-bird","tag-the-guardian"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-9Rh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37088,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/abc-has-appointed-david-anderson-as-managing-director\/","url_meta":{"origin":37899,"position":0},"title":"ABC has appointed David Anderson as managing director","author":"Thomas","date":"May 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: The Guardian via Michael Bird) David Anderson, a 30-year veteran at the public broadcaster, has been appointed ABC managing director by the chair, Ita Buttrose, replacing\u00a0the sacked Michelle Guthrie. \u201cMr Anderson is an exceptional media professional with strong content, digital and strategic experience,\u201d Buttrose said. \u201cThe ABC Board resolved\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ABC-Australia-Melbourne-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ABC-Australia-Melbourne-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ABC-Australia-Melbourne-1024x768.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31992,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/abc-hit-with-major-budget-cuts\/","url_meta":{"origin":37899,"position":1},"title":"ABC hit with major budget cuts","author":"Thomas","date":"May 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, William Lee, who shares the following links to articles regard cuts faced by the Aaustralian Broadcasting Corporation and other Australian media news: ABC hit in Federal Budget ABC Adelaide sound library axed as jobs shift to eastern cities US public radio consortium buys Australian\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9726,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/budget-cuts-threaten-radio-australia\/","url_meta":{"origin":37899,"position":2},"title":"Budget cuts threaten Radio Australia: how you can help","author":"Thomas","date":"May 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Friends of the ABC have asked for your help\u00a0to\u00a0support\u00a0Radio Australia. 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