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senate vote 2017-05-10#10
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Motions — Australian Broadcasting Corporation- Motions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Reduce funding
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- The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2017-05-10.184.1) to reduce the ABC's funding, which means it wasn't successful.
- The motion was introduced by Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Senator [Brian Burston](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/brian_burston) "*on the basis that the ABC has failed to develop a strategic plan to provide at least 50 per cent local content, and to develop a policy of broadcasting programs that contribute to a sense of national identity*".
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
- > *(a) notes the Platform Papers publication entitled, Missing in Action: the ABC and Australian Screen Culture, in which former ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) television director Mr Kim Dalton argues that the primary concern of the ABC is to protect its institutional status and structure;*
- > *(b) is of the opinion that the ABC should allocate at least 35 per cent of its annual funding to rural and regional areas of Australia where Australian content can be developed consistent with the ABC Charter; and*
> *(c) calls on the Government to make a reduction to ABC funding of $600 million over the forward estimates of $150 million per year commencing at the end of the 2017-18 financial year on the basis that the ABC has failed to develop a strategic plan to provide at least 50 per cent local content, and to develop a policy of broadcasting programs that contribute to a sense of national identity.*- > *(c) calls on the Government to make a reduction to ABC funding of $600 million over the forward estimates of $150 million per year commencing at the end of the 2017-18 financial year on the basis that the ABC has failed to develop a strategic plan to provide at least 50 per cent local content, and to develop a policy of broadcasting programs that contribute to a sense of national identity.*
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senate vote 2017-05-10#10
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<p class="speaker">Brian Burston</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate—</p>- The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2017-05-10.184.1) to reduce the ABC's funding, which means it wasn't successful.
- The motion was introduced by Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party Senator [Brian Burston](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/brian_burston) "*on the basis that the ABC has failed to develop a strategic plan to provide at least 50 per cent local content, and to develop a policy of broadcasting programs that contribute to a sense of national identity*".
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
- > *(a) notes the Platform Papers publication entitled, Missing in Action: the ABC and Australian Screen Culture, in which former ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) television director Mr Kim Dalton argues that the primary concern of the ABC is to protect its institutional status and structure;*
- > *(b) is of the opinion that the ABC should allocate at least 35 per cent of its annual funding to rural and regional areas of Australia where Australian content can be developed consistent with the ABC Charter; and*
- > *(c) calls on the Government to make a reduction to ABC funding of $600 million over the forward estimates of $150 million per year commencing at the end of the 2017-18 financial year on the basis that the ABC has failed to develop a strategic plan to provide at least 50 per cent local content, and to develop a policy of broadcasting programs that contribute to a sense of national identity.*
<p class="italic">(a) notes the Platform Papers publication entitled, <i>Missing in Action: the ABC and Australian Screen Culture</i>, in which former ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) television director Mr Kim Dalton argues that the primary concern of the ABC is to protect its institutional status and structure;</p><p class="italic">(b) is of the opinion that the ABC should allocate at least 35 per cent of its annual funding to rural and regional areas of Australia where Australian content can be developed consistent with the ABC Charter; and</p><p class="italic">(c) calls on the Government to make a reduction to ABC funding of $600 million over the forward estimates of $150 million per year commencing at the end of the 2017-18 financial year on the basis that the ABC has failed to develop a strategic plan to provide at least 50 per cent local content, and to develop a policy of broadcasting programs that contribute to a sense of national identity.</p> <p class="speaker">James McGrath</p><p>I seek leave to make a short statement.</p> <p class="speaker">Stephen Parry</p><p>Leave is granted for one minute.</p> <p class="speaker">James McGrath</p><p>The ABC is funded on a triennial basis, and this funding was confirmed in the 2016 budget. On that basis, the government will not be supporting this motion.</p> <p class="speaker">Stephen Parry</p><p>The question is that the motion moved by Senator Burston be agreed to.</p>
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