1 day Ago By Olivia Ireland
Follow our live coverage of the 2025 federal election here . The ABC’s funding will come under scrutiny if the Coalition wins office, with Opposition Leader demanding the broadcaster demonstrate “excellence” to show hardworking taxpayers it deserves the more than $1 billion in funding it receives annually. Asked on ABC Melbourne on Wednesday morning if the broadcaster could be a part of his cuts, Dutton said ultimately he would reward excellence.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has demanded the ABC demonstrate “excellence”. Credit: James Brickwood “We’re going to ultimately reward excellence. We’ve seen very clearly families are really having to tighten up their budgets and they’re looking for savings just to get through the week or the month until the next .
.. paycheck,” he said.
“I think there’s very good work that the ABC does, and if it’s being run efficiently then [we’ll] ...
keep funding in place. If it’s not being run efficiently ..
. taxpayers pay for it, who work harder than ever just to get ahead. [They] would expect us to not .
.. support the waste.
” The ABC received $1.137 billion from the federal government across 2023–24. The Albanese government has also promised the broadcaster an additional $83 million over two years from July 2026 on top of its base funding.
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