You can't trust Dutton with the ABC   
2025-04-02
greens.org.au
Greens respond to Peter Dutton refusing to rule out cuts to the ABC.

Quotes attributable to Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens spokesperson for media and communications

“Australians love our ABC and won’t stand for it to be victim to Peter Dutton’s cut, cut, cut mentality.

“We cannot trust Peter Dutton’s Liberal party to control the funding to the ABC. It has long been an ideological crusade of Dutton and the Liberals to attack the ABC’s independence, cut its funding and launch culture war attacks on our national broadcaster.

“Dutton is playing political games and refusing to give the public the real details of his policies because he knows they would be incredibly unpopular. When the Liberals last cut the ABC budget under Abbott, there was a huge outcry from the Australian community.

“In a world where media is becoming increasingly fragmented and misinformation runs rife, it’s more important than ever that we protect our national broadcaster. The Greens have a plan to fully fund our ABC, including returning money that was cut during Abbott and Morrison era. We must legislate ABC funding so it is not subject to the whims of the government of the day."

Armchair_Politician wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2025 at 8:47am:





you'd be funny if you weren't such a fool.

Ita Buttrose, Chris Ulhman and paul Osborne, just to name a few, were left wingers?

There was an independent panel set up just to select and recommend board members based on merit, rather then political affiliation. The libs in their time ignored the recommendations and put in patsies on 5 out of 8 board member picks. You're right, it is stacked .. but not by the left.

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This infers that there may be something that Duddo can be trusted with ?

Perhaps a better question would be name an Australian politician you do trust?

( cue sounds of silence)

You can't trust any party with the ABC or anything else much...

If you trust Labor with the ABC they will enhance its reputation as a halfway house for lefties and wokies bent on bringing down the Australian Way... if you trust the Greens with it it will become a new Red Star Pravda On The Ultimo ..... if you trust One Nation with it they will turn it into a Reichsnachrichtenorgan ... if you trust the Nationals with it they will turn it into a Farmer's Almanac ... if you Trust the Liberals with it they will turn it into a Woman's Weekly emptiness of the head and mind and sell it off to their mates ....

Who have I missed?

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I wouldn't even trust him with XY and Z.

Dnarever wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2025 at 9:51pm:



All true -

you don't see any right wing shock jocks slamming Albo on the ABC.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2025 at 9:54pm:


Do you find it concerning that right wing shock jocks have no counterpart on the left ? This form of crazy belongs exclusively to the right ? This is the base of the right wing propaganda networks. You own statement here points out the major flaw in your original position.