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Reason for cutting funding to ABC

Apr 22, 2014
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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%).

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