Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Communications, Senator Fifield. On the eve of the 2013 federal election the then Liberal Leader of the Opposition, Mr Abbott, promised that under a Liberal-Nationals government there would be 'no cuts to the ABC'. Given that the Turnbull government's cut to the ABC of $83.7 million, announced in this year's budget, comes on top of over $250 million in cuts imposed in 2014, can this minister confirm that the Abbott-Turnbull government has broken its promise that there would be no cuts to the ABC?