Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Treasury and Finance) Share this | Hansard source

not material—like confusing revenue with profit. Now, I know that the ALP tends to find those sorts of concepts a bit confusing, but there is a difference between the amount of revenue that a company gets and the amount of profit that a company gets. But it is not something that we see as quality journalism. So, whilst I can enjoy ABCGrandstand in the summer, the commentary when it comes to the rugby league, and the amazing performance of so many of our local ABC journalists, there is no doubt that, when those journalists get it wrong, they're not immune from criticism. When you're getting a billion dollars of taxpayers' money every year, we believe it should be criticised.

But I go back to the central claim made by Senator O'Neill, who thinks the ABC should somehow be beyond criticism. There was no request or suggestion from the former Prime Minister or any government minister to terminate the employment of a journalist or an ABC staff member, and nothing the ALP has put forward can contradict— (Time expired)