ABC, ABC cuts, ABC funding, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, cutting funding, Government spending
Q. Would you approve or disapprove of cutting funding to the ABC?
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Total approve |
21% |
12% |
37% |
8% |
15% |
|
| Total disapprove |
61% |
70% |
43% |
85% |
75% |
|
| Strongly approve |
7% |
2% |
16% |
3% |
5% |
|
| Approve |
14% |
10% |
21% |
5% |
10% |
|
| Disapprove |
29% |
29% |
30% |
12% |
38% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
32% |
41% |
13% |
73% |
37% |
|
| Don’t know |
18% |
19% |
20% |
7% |
10% |
61% disapprove (including 32% strongly disapprove) of cutting funding to the ABC and 21% approve.
Those most likely to disapprove were Greens voters (85%), other voters (75%) and Labor voters (70%). Liberal/National voters were split 37% approve and 43% disapprove.
Those aged 55+ were a little more likely to approve – 26% approve/60% disapprove. 28% of men approved compared to only 14% of women.
ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, cut funding, Federal Government, Government spending, News, news coverage
Q. If the Federal Government cut funding to the ABC do you think it would be because:
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| The Government needs to reduce overall spending |
45% |
36% |
64% |
25% |
39% |
|
| The Government doesn’t like the ABC’s news coverage |
28% |
38% |
6% |
65% |
36% |
|
| The ABC has more than enough funding to do its job efficiently |
10% |
6% |
17% |
1% |
7% |
|
| Don’t know |
18% |
20% |
13% |
9% |
18% |
45% think that funding cuts to the ABC would be made because the Government needs to reduce overall spending and 28% think it would be because the Government doesn’t like the ABC’s news coverage.
Those more likely to think it would be because the Government doesn’t like the ABC’s news coverage were Greens voters (65%), Labor voters (38%), income less than $600pw (38%) and university educated (34%).
ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, funding, less funding for the ABC, more funding for the ABC
Q. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) currently receives about $950 million a year from government, including money for transmission. In terms of future funding, do you think the ABC should receive:
|
% |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total – More funding |
34% |
42% |
27% |
67% |
| Total – Less funding |
17% |
13% |
23% |
6% |
| A lot more funding |
11% |
15% |
6% |
24% |
| Some more funding |
23% |
27% |
21% |
43% |
| About the same funding as current levels |
32% |
31% |
37% |
21% |
| A little less funding |
8% |
8% |
10% |
4% |
| A lot less funding less funding |
9% |
5% |
13% |
2% |
| Don’t know |
17% |
14% |
13% |
5% |
The largest portion of respondents believe that the ABC should receiving more funding (34%) followed very closely by those that believe funding at current levels should remain (32%).
Seventeen per cent (17%) believe that the ABC should receive less funding.
Looking at the results by voting intention, Greens voters are the most in favour of more funding for the ABC (67%), whilst Coalition voters are the most likely to take the view that the ABC should receive less funding (23%).
Looking at the results by gender, male respondents are far more likely to support more funding for the ABC (44%) compared to female respondents (25%).