I totally agree. The ABC is not providing content for all Australians and hasn’t for decades. At one time with its left-wing bias it was playing to left-wing elites, which made more central thinking people like me turn off, but now It services the tiny fringe element which is even turning off longtime ABC devotees. It’s time to defund the ‘national broadcaster’ and chuck out all those overpaid ‘journalists’.
And CNN MSNBC and 12 others all fake news but CNN are still the GOATS of fake news they just released a assad murderer from prison even gave him water and showed the world.
SKY news is free to air in regional areas. So Murdoch pockets money for that. Loonies keep telling people ABC is free to air. So is SKY in regional areas.
and albanese just rewarded the ABC with more millions and extended funding - while many Australian cannot afford to have a roof over their heads - another cracking good decision by our worst PM in a generation
It is not just that State-owned and -sponsored media organisations - The Beeb, ABC(Australia), CBC(Canada) et al - passed sell-by quite a long while ago. The recent report of involvement by the ABC Triple-J network, with a particular matter in the country's most secure jail, is at least one further nail in the ABC coffin, to put it mildly.
Greetings from NY in the USA! Don't give up! Us sane folks over here love you guys and want to see you all take your country back! Albanese is bringing you all down it seems, but I have faith in you all!
Disagree that's why no one's watching them The Australian public are standing up by not supporting them with rantings It'll have a effect in the future if a new government gets in Needs cleaning top to bottom and then rating levels for every financial increases of revenue If fail rantings you take money out of their budget that way there's accountability at the moment it's like all government departments no accountability
They know that very well. That's why they don't allow comments. It's a bit sad really because their Leftist viewers (hello Allegra Silverspoon Spender😅) are unable to express their support. So they come to Sky News Australia 🇦🇺 to post their troll 🧌 comments.😊
Unfortunately the ABC is the antithesis of a 'safe space'! Talk about weaponised woke, propaganda, middle Australia 'haters', cancel culture, thought police etc
Maybe I'd watch the ABC if they didn't have a political agenda and were unbiased with their reporting. Considering the Australian taxpayer pays for it, I don't think its too much to ask.
Trouble is, they actually believe airing a variety of left-wing views counts as "airing a variety of views". They regard conservative views as hate speech and refuse to discuss this. Zero accountability is their problem and when the Coalition have been in power they keep letting them get away with it. Why? I've no idea.
@@malcolmmcdonald1885 I'm sorry but you're incorrect... I watch it on RUclips just like I watch ABC clips... sooo..... I don't pay for SKY, but I pay for the ABC. I deserve unbiased news from all news services (inaccurate news isn't news, its fiction), especially the one I have no choice in paying for. GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT BEFORE USING ALL CAPS!!! Not too smart at all are you? Its every Australian's right to expect unbiased news from a service they all have to pay for!!! Lastly... I'm not you're friend as I don't like people with sub par intelligence.
@@malcolmmcdonald1885 Sky is a private network funded by advertising income, and they pay tax. The ABC is taxpayer funded and has a charter requiring it to be balanced yet they ignore that. That's the big difference.
@@every1665 THAT THEY IGNORE THEIR CHARTER IS YOUR OPINION ONLY. CLEARLY THEY DO NOT, OR THEY WOULD SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. SKY IS NOT FUNDED BY ADVERTISING MONEY ALONE...IT RELIES ON REPURT MORDUCH'S EVIL MONEY!!
Listening to the start of the cricket on the ABC the other day, and as soon as they went to the Welcome to country..I turned it off… I know that’s the clowns running the cricket, but the ongoing left tilt of the ABC is a major factor for its decline..🇦🇺
And if you look at the ABC’s own press release it says the new 5-year budget cycle (along with Albanese’s $83 million budget increase) will help the ABC remain independent. $1 billion a year spent well! 🤣
The welcome to country 🐂💩 was invented by the miserable Ernie Dingo, I worked at the airport and he and Cathy Freeman were there a lot, I never once saw them smile!! Even when Ernie was checking in with Shelly Craft ?? I can’t remember her name but she was lovely and even she was unable to get him out of his moods. Go Shelly Craft
It’s not aboriginal owned land. As we were repeatedly told, they were custodians of the land. Land ownership was a foreign concept. Custody changed in 1788, get over it.
I think the OP means Alt Media....a plethora of UTube channels/podcasts. All of which will run stories and/or interviews which the MSM Propaganda Merchants wouldn't touch. As in America and the U.K. and Europe, the "legacy media" is on life-support in Australia. And they know it. Hence the Albanese Government's desire to silence dissenting voices with their Dis-Mis Bill.
@@robertwilson1827 Redacted, The Otherside, Paul Joseph Watson, Tucker Carlson now has a Podcast, Matt Walsh, Brett Cooper, there are quite a few just off the top of my head. All independent. Friendly Jordies and Punters Politics to some degree. Lots of finance as well.
@@robertwilson1827 RUclips is getting triggered and deleting my comments because I gave you a list of like 10 independent sources off the top of my head 😂
They are totally insufferable, I was listening to an ABC report about Moira Deemings court case win, and the Reporter was giving background, and stated that the issue stemmed from Moira Deemings attendance of an (quote) ANTI TRANS RIGHTS RALLY,"!!!! Then later repeated the term ANTI TRANS RIGHTS RALLY, unbelievable.
The only person still watching ABC is my institutionalised, university educated, academic father.....he thinks he's informed🤣 Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do to help him, he refuses to be red pilled and loves to call me a conspiracy theorist🥱.....As they say, It's easier to fool someone than convince them they've been fooled.
The ABC may have been relevant when they produced content that uplifted Australians with shows that weren’t politically motivated. But today, they’re mostly politically motivated and also no one watches them. So the question is, can we get more value out of the over $1 billion dollars they receive each year!? I absolutely think we can.
Sell it off to a consortium of the staff and former staff who are contracted content providers. Keep the real estate (studios, transmission towers, etc) in government property portfolio made available for commercial lease. Can’t have the buyers get a windfall on prime real estate that won’t be paid full value for. Break up the various components to comply with applicable media ownership laws.
A lot is contracted out to the production companies of former big names. Some is still sourced from the Sista British Basketweaving Collective. I remember about a decade and a half ago ABCTV overnight schedules were filled with old British Catalog films (shorts and features) from the thirties. Same era that the commercial channels did the same with their older US and British/Canadian shows they had unexpired rights to.
Stopped listening to abc radio when they were very obviously politically bias. I don’t need to be constantly told who they favour. I want investigations of shonky politics. I now go elsewhere for real investigative news
I lasted until about 2008 with the help of a PVR to skip all the crap. Eventually you were lucky to find one hour of decent content per night over all the channels.
Same here re classic FM . They act as though the contrived aboriginal names have always been there , and the content leans heavily towards indigenous music (if you can it that) . The smugness of the presenters in nauseating , especially as they are on huge money courtesy of we the taxpayers !
I listen to community radio news produced by TAFE institutions. Unfortunately we hear most about THREE races, First Nations, indigenous, & Aboriginal issues crime & victim hood.! No education institutions without .
I can't understand why our political parties -more so the ALP and Liberals don't restructure the Broadcaster. I can remember when News Radio first started but haven't listened for at least 40 years. What I would like to see is the ABC turned into a system styled on NOAA/NWS networks. In clarifying this, the ABC too has its emergency network but the taxpayer of Australia deserve better from the ABC.
I listen to BBC overnight. I love hearing scary climate stories while im trying to sleep. Used to love the Trump horror stories but since he won they've doed off.
It’s also run and infected with the kind of personalities we despise. Haven’t watched on principle for years.Strip it to the bone and start again or sell it if you can find anyone who would want to buy it.
They have to comply with the Gov DEI, LGBTQ quota. Strict compliance to absurdity & nonsensical news or behaviour is the company standard. The ABC Must at all times uphold the long standing tradition of, all useless suggestions will be considered first, hire is by last on the list priority. The ABC questions everyone but is not accountable or beholden to no one or standards. Welcome to the ABC.👽👻😳🇭🇲
my favourite story was when they went out of their way to find a woman who had false allegations for domestic violence made against her when by her husband when the same thing happens to men 1000 times more often! of course they wouldn't find a man who had, had false claims made against him
We all pay for services we do not use. Sure the funding amount might need to be reassessed. And what kind of content would have you watch the ABC? I don’t watch commercial tv either and have no idea how much tax payer subsidies they get, directly or through tax exemption.
All that money and we have to listen to crap like that, talk about over paid, typical labour goverment think it can make things better by throwing money around...maybe kickbacks???
ABC is so woke these days its embarrassing! Welcome to country, thank the indigenous, etc.I liked Sammy J in the morning here in melb, it wasn't too lefty but had its moments! The poor guy had to deal with the "let's cancel" stuff from his masters! The two new presenters are political....so the morning radio is going turn to shit! I don't need social comment at 7:30am! Especially ABC's version!! ALL I WAN'T IS HAPPY SHIT to start my day! How hard is it FFS? Thanx Auntie...you kicked me in the balls.
Im sick of the segregation Ive been buying up music cd and movie dvds This way don't have to turn on tv or radio stations Also can watch what they classed as banned from air Like road runners cartoons or movies they claim violent or inappropriate jokes So im going back to physical media where i can play what i want at anytime Especially seeing in the last few years its all be junk made and woke flopping Like snow white - $300 million its telling you everything you need to know
Rogan's Trump interview (50+ million views) has probably got more views than the ABC has in total in the last 25 years. 2 guys in a tiny studio vs millions $ and thousands of staff at the ABC. SMH.
What is the rationale these day for the ABC? When television began in the 1950s there was not full coverage by the commercial networks in the rural areas, so a national broadcaster made some sense. But technology and the internet have long made this obsolete. Even if the ABC was unbiased, it would still be unnecessary.
Right on! Especially about the 'then' and the 'now', in terms of movements in technology. State-owned and -sponsored legacy media organisations - The Beeb, ABC(Australia), CBC(Canada) et al - passed sell-by quite a long while ago.
I only listen to Macca, occasionally, and ABC FM when unannoying presenters such as Greta Bradman are on -- and she can be annoying sometimes too, what with her hippy breathing sessions.
I really don't think the word 'hate' conveys the contempt we have for those despicable piles of human garbage working at the ABC, the lies they tell and the truth twisting they do while pretending to be the gatekeepers of truth and morality is utterly sickening. I'd rather watch a floaty in the bowl than anything they produce.
I use to religiously listen to the abc, they painfully are biased, in Victoria Daniel Andrews did no wrong according to the abc commentators. I can just imagine how they will be sayin how good Tim Pallas was a Treasurer.
Dutton needs to come out and tell Australians he is going to take a hard look at the ABC funding !!! I dont want my taxes going to this BS !! then shut the whole lot down !!!
Before the likes of youtube, facebook and twitter I could see a justification for the ABC, however with internet what it is we don't need it. Take that billion a year and put it in to social housing. We could add 1000 more homes a year to the stocks.
If an unwatched ABC gets suddenly defunded ( hopefully...one day) but nobody noticed ( excited though when we find out) would Paul Barry still be as pompous and obnoxious? Sorry not a trick question. Yes, always obviously😂
How can you listen to ABC Classic Caleb? Why not one of the independent classical stations such as 2MBS or 3MBS? They are what ABC Classic FM (as it used to be called) was like 40 years ago (thank goodness) when they had fantastic presenters with zero wokeness and brilliant content. I am "forced" to listen to ABC Classic for 90 minutes each week during mowing season as that is the only classical station I can receive with my analogue ear muff radios (I only listen to classical music - 3MBS for the radio - except in the car where it is Edge FM). But back to ABC Classic...Even during just that 90 minutes, there are endless mentions of Indigenous place names. They NEVER mention any place in this country by its actual name anymore unless a corresponding listener refers to it that way first. As for the music content, it is completely skewed towards indigenous and women composers. By that I mean the musical content does not even remotely reflect the relative outputs of those cohorts over the last few hundred years compared to that of white male composers. I am not trying to say that women composers were inferior - there were some very good ones in centuries past - but they were vastly outnumbered by equally capable (or far superior) white male composers and that is just a plain fact. And if the ABC want to challenge me on that, let's go through every musical number they have played over the last two years and do a statistical check on it. As for their presenters, all of them are incredibly irritating. They are all supremely woke and their manner of presentation is extremely patronising. One in particular makes we want to throw up - it's like they are addressing 4 year olds at Kindergarten. The only good thing about listening to them is that it makes me get the lawn done as quickly as possible without any breaks.
I’m coming up to 62 and have not watched ABC since I was 18. Even back then, I was smart enough to know that it was a one-sided broadcasting network. We vote Governments in and out. Where is the tick box to vote ABCs closure. 🙃
That is my mother too. To be fair she's in her 90's. The former Twitter platform for leftist propaganda she declared 'the truth' and nothing but the truth. Too late to argue..😢
Defund ABC & be done with this foolish waste of money.
BRING IT ON!
State-owned and -sponsored media organisations
- The Beeb, ABC(Australia), CBC(Canada) et al -
passed sell-by quite a long while ago.
I totally agree. The ABC is not providing content for all Australians and hasn’t for decades. At one time with its left-wing bias it was playing to left-wing elites, which made more central thinking people like me turn off, but now It services the tiny fringe element which is even turning off longtime ABC devotees. It’s time to defund the ‘national broadcaster’ and chuck out all those overpaid ‘journalists’.
@@sukijay4990 it is a disgrace and should be defended sooner rather than later!
.....AND WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THE ABC ARCHIVED MATERIAL, MUCH OF WHICH IS OF GREAT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE?
I am sick to freaking death of having the ABC push trans & queer nonsense down my throat. Can we have the ABC of the 90s back?
They were still good back then. Now its the GayBC. Even older life long listeners are turning them off.
The ABC died in the early 90's. The 1988 Bicentennial celebrations were the last time the ABC truly loved Australia.
I think you need to go back at least 50 years.
The ABC is a disgusting disgrace!!!
@@michaelhains2291 nothing like having WOKE bullshit poked down ones neck. I haven't turned it on for the duration for that reason.
Defund the ABC.
And CNN MSNBC and 12 others all fake news but CNN are still the GOATS of fake news they just released a assad murderer from prison even gave him water and showed the world.
easy don't listen
No, abolish it along with SBS.
Don’t listen, but you still have to pay.
@@bushranger900 Still have to pay for it but.
As a leftie I loved ABC, now as a normal person who moved out of Sydney’s inner west lmao I’m sick of the bullshit 🤣😭
I'm glad you were saved from the woke virus!
Welcome back to reality 😊
Hear! Hear!
It's painfully left ATM....
@danieltynan5301 Has been for years. It's really run by radical left wing activists masquerading as journalists!
I haven't watched the Australian Bs Corporation for more than 16 years and haven't missed it one iota!
Last time I watched it was the voice referendum count..it was hilarious seeing the panel all salty
Right on!
State-owned and -sponsored media organisations
- The Beeb, ABC(Australia), CBC(Canada) et al -
passed sell-by quite a long while ago.
@Prognosis__ : Do you get the ABC in China or do you watch it on YT ?
But your still paying for it!
@@jackhighdale6857 What is your solution Jack?
And taxpayers are footing the bill for this! ( and NITV? Part funding SBS?)
Defund the lot!!
BRING IT ON!
@@richardsaunders3743 🤣
From 2022-2025 abc and sbs receive $4.2 billion in government funding. And Labor just announced the boost to abc with sbs to still be decided.
SKY news is free to air in regional areas. So Murdoch pockets money for that. Loonies keep telling people ABC is free to air. So is SKY in regional areas.
and albanese just rewarded the ABC with more millions and extended funding - while many Australian cannot afford to have a roof over their heads - another cracking good decision by our worst PM in a generation
It is not just that State-owned and -sponsored media organisations
- The Beeb, ABC(Australia), CBC(Canada) et al -
passed sell-by quite a long while ago.
The recent report of involvement by the ABC Triple-J network, with a particular matter in the country's most secure jail, is at least one further nail in the ABC coffin, to put it mildly.
Just using our taxes to continue the propaganda from the ABC for his Party - at no cost to his Party, of course.
Ever
Why? Oh that's right it's free advertising for his party that doesn't count against his caps.
Regional SKY get's payed by taxpayer because it's also free to air.
Murdoch loonies don't tell you that. Why ??????
They can’t help but pepper their content with progressive politics.
People are sick of being lectured to.
Especially by idiots who never back up their arguments with facts.
@@LamDucNhuan precisely
Only talking to the high voiced and Purplehaired brigade
Im 68 haven't watch ABC for 40 years it was woke rubbish even back then.
Same 👍
Me Too
Hasn't improved in those 40 years 😂
Watched play school on it when I was a kid- 45 years ago, and then with my daughter 18 years ago. That was enough.
Over 20 years for me......nothing but a bunch of commies....
There’s a billion of our debt
Hate to say it but the ABC sums up Australian society at the moment...pathetic.
Hope not hate 😂😂😂😂😂
.... sums up the noisy minority!
Greetings from NY in the USA! Don't give up! Us sane folks over here love you guys and want to see you all take your country back! Albanese is bringing you all down it seems, but I have faith in you all!
Disagree that's why no one's watching them
The Australian public are standing up by not supporting them with rantings
It'll have a effect in the future if a new government gets in
Needs cleaning top to bottom and then rating levels for every financial increases of revenue
If fail rantings you take money out of their budget that way there's accountability at the moment it's like all government departments no accountability
It's just the govt pushing woke BS. The majority of ppl don't buy into this garbage for one hot minute.
Haven't watched ABC for over 20 years
The ABC has lots of good stuff, but the deal is we have to listen to the aboriginal worship.
Another 82 million to get paid for doing nothing. Get rid of it along with nunga tv.
BRING IT ON!
State-owned and -sponsored media organisations
- The Beeb, ABC(Australia), CBC(Canada) et al -
passed sell-by quite a long while ago.
I knew not to watch it, but why do we pay for it to be on air.
Mr Dutton.... show us your backbone and defund them.. Australia would vote for you!!!
He got pretty pissy with ABC woke "journalist " on air 😊
He just might do something with this rot.
Can only hope
I refuse to listen or watch the ABC
Your ABC - where journalism goes to die.
Ones that that werent good enough to get a job with a commercial station
Defund the ABC
BRING IT ON!
You can't even comment on their youtube channel to tell them how they don't represent the Australian people
They know that very well. That's why they don't allow comments.
It's a bit sad really because their Leftist viewers (hello Allegra Silverspoon Spender😅) are unable to express their support.
So they come to Sky News Australia 🇦🇺 to post their troll 🧌 comments.😊
Typical of the left. They 'know' they're right you see - so any alternate opinions simply must be wrong.
I'd love it if they did activate the comments for once
@gregoryray9920 They really should. It's a Broadcast paid for by the Australian taxpayers supposedly for the Australian taxpayers
@@JohnDoe-hn3uw I agree, lefties can't handle any criticism or scrutiny, it hurts their already fragile self esteem
Whenever the words "safe space" are mentioned, you know it's gonna be a laugh😂
Unfortunately the ABC is the antithesis of a 'safe space'! Talk about weaponised woke, propaganda, middle Australia 'haters', cancel culture, thought police etc
Privatise it now.
BRING IT ON!
The government has privatised everything else.
Your government is a catastrophe ! Don't ever vote for such leaders again !
Maybe I'd watch the ABC if they didn't have a political agenda and were unbiased with their reporting. Considering the Australian taxpayer pays for it, I don't think its too much to ask.
Trouble is, they actually believe airing a variety of left-wing views counts as "airing a variety of views". They regard conservative views as hate speech and refuse to discuss this. Zero accountability is their problem and when the Coalition have been in power they keep letting them get away with it. Why? I've no idea.
YOU'RE A SKY VIEWER COMPLAINING ABOUT BIAS ON THE ABC? YOUR HYPOCRISY IS SHOWING, MY FRIEND!
@@malcolmmcdonald1885 I'm sorry but you're incorrect... I watch it on RUclips just like I watch ABC clips... sooo..... I don't pay for SKY, but I pay for the ABC. I deserve unbiased news from all news services (inaccurate news isn't news, its fiction), especially the one I have no choice in paying for. GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT BEFORE USING ALL CAPS!!! Not too smart at all are you?
Its every Australian's right to expect unbiased news from a service they all have to pay for!!!
Lastly... I'm not you're friend as I don't like people with sub par intelligence.
@@malcolmmcdonald1885 Sky is a private network funded by advertising income, and they pay tax. The ABC is taxpayer funded and has a charter requiring it to be balanced yet they ignore that. That's the big difference.
@@every1665 THAT THEY IGNORE THEIR CHARTER IS YOUR OPINION ONLY. CLEARLY THEY DO NOT, OR THEY WOULD SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. SKY IS NOT FUNDED BY ADVERTISING MONEY ALONE...IT RELIES ON REPURT MORDUCH'S EVIL MONEY!!
Sell it off and put the money and annual savings into Health Services
Yes hospitals or centrelink
Listening to the start of the cricket on the ABC the other day, and as soon as they went to the Welcome to country..I turned it off… I know that’s the clowns running the cricket, but the ongoing left tilt of the ABC is a major factor for its decline..🇦🇺
And if you look at the ABC’s own press release it says the new 5-year budget cycle (along with Albanese’s $83 million budget increase) will help the ABC remain independent. $1 billion a year spent well! 🤣
The ABC is anything but independent. It is incapable of supporting itself financially, which is the hallmark of independence.@@Roach22
The welcome to country 🐂💩 was invented by the miserable Ernie Dingo, I worked at the airport and he and Cathy Freeman were there a lot, I never once saw them smile!! Even when Ernie was checking in with Shelly Craft ?? I can’t remember her name but she was lovely and even she was unable to get him out of his moods. Go Shelly Craft
I haven't had the ABC on at our House since my Kids - Now 20+ were very little and watched Bananas in Pajamas. Privatise the ABC.
No one would buy it.🤣
@@Roach22maybe Elon would.😮😂
@@richardpiva3892 Probably as a personal joke though 🤣
I went there the other night the lies were unbelievable i lasted less than 5 minutes.
I am definitely in agreement for the ABC being DEFUNDED. The woke rubbish has utterly destroyed all credibility.
It’s not aboriginal owned land. As we were repeatedly told, they were custodians of the land. Land ownership was a foreign concept. Custody changed in 1788, get over it.
If it ain't making money, cut it. Plenty of better media out there
I wouldn't say plenty, not ATM??
I think the OP means Alt Media....a plethora of UTube channels/podcasts.
All of which will run stories and/or interviews which the MSM Propaganda Merchants wouldn't touch.
As in America and the U.K. and Europe, the "legacy media" is on life-support in Australia.
And they know it. Hence the Albanese Government's desire to silence dissenting voices with their Dis-Mis Bill.
@@robertwilson1827 Redacted, The Otherside, Paul Joseph Watson, Tucker Carlson now has a Podcast, Matt Walsh, Brett Cooper, there are quite a few just off the top of my head. All independent. Friendly Jordies and Punters Politics to some degree. Lots of finance as well.
@@robertwilson1827 RUclips is getting triggered and deleting my comments because I gave you a list of like 10 independent sources off the top of my head 😂
Right on!
State-owned and -sponsored media organisations
- The Beeb, ABC(Australia), CBC(Canada) et al -
passed sell-by quite a long while ago.
They are totally insufferable, I was listening to an ABC report about Moira Deemings court case win, and the Reporter was giving background, and stated that the issue stemmed from Moira Deemings attendance of an (quote) ANTI TRANS RIGHTS RALLY,"!!!!
Then later repeated the term ANTI TRANS RIGHTS RALLY, unbelievable.
Disgusting
Yep. Gotta repeat the LIE.....especially if it's a big LIE.
They've done that ever since the Women's speaking rally. As have various other media.
Haven't watched that rubbish since my father passed away 13 years ago I shouldn't have to pay for it to stay afloat.
Bet your father would be disgusted if he saw it now
I haven't watched or listened to the ABC for more than 5 years. Never again.
The only person still watching ABC is my institutionalised, university educated, academic father.....he thinks he's informed🤣 Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do to help him, he refuses to be red pilled and loves to call me a conspiracy theorist🥱.....As they say, It's easier to fool someone than convince them they've been fooled.
Wrong Mark, my ol’ mate Comrade Lefty Loz watches and listens ever faithfully, just like you dear old Dad….🤣😂
@@gordonwells1626 I have a commy mate too, he listens with dedication but I still love him I just switch off when he talks politics or religion...lol.
well you do sound really stupid
Is that true, or did you hear it on the ALPBC?😉😂😂😂
ABC consumers believe they are well informed. It is what you might call profound ignorance.
The ABC may have been relevant when they produced content that uplifted Australians with shows that weren’t politically motivated. But today, they’re mostly politically motivated and also no one watches them. So the question is, can we get more value out of the over $1 billion dollars they receive each year!? I absolutely think we can.
Sell it off to a consortium of the staff and former staff who are contracted content providers. Keep the real estate (studios, transmission towers, etc) in government property portfolio made available for commercial lease. Can’t have the buyers get a windfall on prime real estate that won’t be paid full value for.
Break up the various components to comply with applicable media ownership laws.
@ You’ve thought about this more than me. I like it!🤣
I can't listen or watch the ABC
I'm sick and tired of the BS that they
try to shove down my throat
Actually, i thought they were producing exactly ZERO content, for their nearly 2 billion of tax money.
A lot is contracted out to the production companies of former big names. Some is still sourced from the Sista British Basketweaving Collective. I remember about a decade and a half ago ABCTV overnight schedules were filled with old British Catalog films (shorts and features) from the thirties. Same era that the commercial channels did the same with their older US and British/Canadian shows they had unexpired rights to.
I watched the US election coverage. It was was good comedy watching a group cry so hard on live TV.
The circus and the clowns shouldn’t be propped up by the poor old tax payer.🤡
Stopped listening to abc radio when they were very obviously politically bias. I don’t need to be constantly told who they favour. I want investigations of shonky politics. I now go elsewhere for real investigative news
I turned the TV off in April 2000 and haven't looked back.
I lasted until about 2008 with the help of a PVR to skip all the crap. Eventually you were lucky to find one hour of decent content per night over all the channels.
Same here re classic FM . They act as though the contrived aboriginal names have always been there , and the content leans heavily towards indigenous music (if you can it that) . The smugness of the presenters in nauseating , especially as they are on huge money courtesy of we the taxpayers !
I listen to community radio news produced by TAFE institutions. Unfortunately we hear most about THREE races, First Nations, indigenous, & Aboriginal issues crime & victim hood.! No education institutions without .
Bring back Erin Molan
‘Safe space’ is the naughty corner.
Can we have a plebiscite on continued funding?
$1.1 billion a year and there are numerous Aussies out there who have more people watching them on RUclips than the ABC has across radio and TV!
I can't understand why our political parties -more so the ALP and Liberals don't restructure the Broadcaster. I can remember when News Radio first started but haven't listened for at least 40 years. What I would like to see is the ABC turned into a system styled on NOAA/NWS networks. In clarifying this, the ABC too has its emergency network but the taxpayer of Australia deserve better from the ABC.
Go Woke, Go Broke
Alice Springs is in desperate need of one of those shops.
ABC 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Myopic Chairman is a terrific addition.😅
😂😂😂
Defund the ABC - spend their money on useful things
Get rid of it.
BRING IT ON!
I listen to BBC overnight. I love hearing scary climate stories while im trying to sleep. Used to love the Trump horror stories but since he won they've doed off.
Family Guy's Quagmire: "People rely on the local news to provide them with several stories a year about how salt water taffy is made."
Get rid ABC not worth the money.
It’s also run and infected with the kind of personalities we despise.
Haven’t watched on principle for years.Strip it to the bone and start again or sell it if you can find anyone who would want to buy it.
I have an aversion to BS, so consequently I have never watched it.
That's GOLD!!!!!!! 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
That's interesting. How do you know what it's like ?
They have to comply with the Gov DEI, LGBTQ quota. Strict compliance to absurdity & nonsensical news or behaviour is the company standard. The ABC Must at all times uphold the long standing tradition of, all useless suggestions will be considered first, hire is by last on the list priority. The ABC questions everyone but is not accountable or beholden to no one or standards. Welcome to the ABC.👽👻😳🇭🇲
If you don't mind, it's THEIR ABC.😅
Oh dear ... hopeless
Rephrase, producing content ABC staff want to see and those in Canberra/Melbourne.
Top comment! Although I sometimes wonder if THEIR ABC Staff either watch or listen to their ABC?
Well, maybe except for their own programs.😅
my favourite story was when they went out of their way to find a woman who had false allegations for domestic violence made against her when by her husband when the same thing happens to men 1000 times more often! of course they wouldn't find a man who had, had false claims made against him
We all pay for services we do not use.
Sure the funding amount might need to be reassessed.
And what kind of content would have you watch the ABC?
I don’t watch commercial tv either and have no idea how much tax payer subsidies they get, directly or through tax exemption.
In news reports, the ABC is a good place to go to if you DON'T want the truth.
yep..a very 'safe and effective' approach!
All that money and we have to listen to crap like that, talk about over paid, typical labour goverment think it can make things better by throwing money around...maybe kickbacks???
Not my ABC haven't had it on my TV for at least 15 years. Better still I don't watch free to air television.
Surprised l wasn't welcomed to country just to watch how bad the ABC was..Go woke go Broke.. Goodbye ABC news Australia
Sadly they won’t go broke as they are propped up by our taxes………
Misinformation ? Disinformation ?
I put the tv in the spare room 9 years ago and it can stay there!
Go Woke
Go Broke
ABC is so woke these days its embarrassing! Welcome to country, thank the indigenous, etc.I liked Sammy J in the morning here in melb, it wasn't too lefty but had its moments! The poor guy had to deal with the "let's cancel" stuff from his masters! The two new presenters are political....so the morning radio is going turn to shit! I don't need social comment at 7:30am! Especially ABC's version!!
ALL I WAN'T IS HAPPY SHIT to start my day! How hard is it FFS? Thanx Auntie...you kicked me in the balls.
Im sick of the segregation
Ive been buying up music cd and movie dvds
This way don't have to turn on tv or radio stations
Also can watch what they classed as banned from air
Like road runners cartoons or movies they claim violent or inappropriate jokes
So im going back to physical media where i can play what i want at anytime
Especially seeing in the last few years its all be junk made and woke flopping
Like snow white - $300 million its telling you everything you need to know
I completely agree with this sentiment.Modern standards of entertainment are prudish and uninspired.
And nothing of value was lost
Obviously 83 million isn't enough.
Rogan's Trump interview (50+ million views) has probably got more views than the ABC has in total in the last 25 years. 2 guys in a tiny studio vs millions $ and thousands of staff at the ABC. SMH.
Thats why the legacy outlets are going the way of the dodo.The future is online change or die.
Well 83 million obviously isn't enough.
What is the rationale these day for the ABC? When television began in the 1950s there was not full coverage by the commercial networks in the rural areas, so a national broadcaster made some sense. But technology and the internet have long made this obsolete. Even if the ABC was unbiased, it would still be unnecessary.
Right on!
Especially about the 'then' and the 'now', in terms of movements in technology.
State-owned and -sponsored legacy media organisations
- The Beeb, ABC(Australia), CBC(Canada) et al -
passed sell-by quite a long while ago.
Hasn't been much since Aunty Jack.
I only listen to Macca, occasionally, and ABC FM when unannoying presenters such as Greta Bradman are on -- and she can be annoying sometimes too, what with her hippy breathing sessions.
OR.....you can listen to your excellent collection of 💿 CDs.
No "hippy breathing."😊
@barrywilkins1042 Or turn to 3MBS, Melbourne. Or PBS.
Is hate to strong of a word!🤬🤬
too
@ lmao thsnk you for the correction. Did absolutely nothing in regards to my view , question, statement.. well done though 😉
I really don't think the word 'hate' conveys the contempt we have for those despicable piles of human garbage working at the ABC, the lies they tell and the truth twisting they do while pretending to be the gatekeepers of truth and morality is utterly sickening. I'd rather watch a floaty in the bowl than anything they produce.
If we love then by definition we must be capable of hate.Embrace it, or deny it and be a hypocrite as well.
Good onya Caleb tell it how it is 😂😂😂 cheers mate 👍🤠🇦🇺
I do not know anybody who watches or listens to them
Less and less that’s the point.Their decline is representative of the fact that they are catering to a shrinking minority.
I use to religiously listen to the abc, they painfully are biased, in Victoria Daniel Andrews did no wrong according to the abc commentators. I can just imagine how they will be sayin how good Tim Pallas was a Treasurer.
Dutton needs to come out and tell Australians he is going to take a hard look at the ABC funding !!! I dont want my taxes going to this BS !! then shut the whole lot down !!!
BRING BACK ERIN!!!
sorry - i cant afford the ABC anymore - things are too tight
been a listen of the ABC for 30 years.. since I:m not aboriginal I SWITCH OFF try 3aw and as far as I;m concerned TV IS FINISHED
It belongs to a dying format regardless of its quality which is shambolic at best.
Legacy Media.
Before the likes of youtube, facebook and twitter I could see a justification for the ABC, however with internet what it is we don't need it. Take that billion a year and put it in to social housing. We could add 1000 more homes a year to the stocks.
Right on!
State-owned and -sponsored media organisations
- The Beeb, ABC(Australia), CBC(Canada) et al -
passed sell-by quite a long while ago.
No more taxpayers money,go commercial and see if they survive !
You have to leave from under your bed to turn the Tv on remember
Haven’t watched or listened to the ABC for ages and ages
We pay a billion dollars a year for something nobody watches anymore, why in gods name are we still paying for it???
IT's nearly $2B now.
If an unwatched ABC gets suddenly defunded ( hopefully...one day) but nobody noticed ( excited though when we find out) would Paul Barry still be as pompous and obnoxious? Sorry not a trick question. Yes, always obviously😂
Right on!
State-owned and -sponsored media organisations
- The Beeb, ABC(Australia), CBC(Canada) et al -
passed sell-by quite a long while ago.
How can you listen to ABC Classic Caleb? Why not one of the independent classical stations such as 2MBS or 3MBS? They are what ABC Classic FM (as it used to be called) was like 40 years ago (thank goodness) when they had fantastic presenters with zero wokeness and brilliant content. I am "forced" to listen to ABC Classic for 90 minutes each week during mowing season as that is the only classical station I can receive with my analogue ear muff radios (I only listen to classical music - 3MBS for the radio - except in the car where it is Edge FM). But back to ABC Classic...Even during just that 90 minutes, there are endless mentions of Indigenous place names. They NEVER mention any place in this country by its actual name anymore unless a corresponding listener refers to it that way first. As for the music content, it is completely skewed towards indigenous and women composers. By that I mean the musical content does not even remotely reflect the relative outputs of those cohorts over the last few hundred years compared to that of white male composers. I am not trying to say that women composers were inferior - there were some very good ones in centuries past - but they were vastly outnumbered by equally capable (or far superior) white male composers and that is just a plain fact. And if the ABC want to challenge me on that, let's go through every musical number they have played over the last two years and do a statistical check on it. As for their presenters, all of them are incredibly irritating. They are all supremely woke and their manner of presentation is extremely patronising. One in particular makes we want to throw up - it's like they are addressing 4 year olds at Kindergarten. The only good thing about listening to them is that it makes me get the lawn done as quickly as possible without any breaks.
I’m coming up to 62 and have not watched ABC since I was 18. Even back then, I was smart enough to know that it was a one-sided broadcasting network. We vote Governments in and out. Where is the tick box to vote ABCs closure. 🙃
Smart enough - coming from an orange turd apologist 😂😂.
Put Andrew Bolt as ABC Chairman!
No wrong!!!. My mother in law still believes the ABC is the chalice of righteousness... 🤦♂️
That is my mother too. To be fair she's in her 90's. The former Twitter platform for leftist propaganda she declared 'the truth' and nothing but the truth. Too late to argue..😢
Your mother and the other 9 viewers.😊
@barrywilkins1042 mother in law... not blood thankfully 🤣🤣
@@ThaMassDebater Apologies! Didn't read your post accurately!😆
I'm offended that no one is watching the ABC!!. I'm going to complain to the ABC!!😅😅😅😅
No comments allowed! Good luck, Dominic.😅
The only good thing about the ABC is NO ADS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!