Baronvonrort wrote on Apr 12
th, 2022 at 9:11pm:
freediver wrote on Apr 10
th, 2022 at 7:53pm:
For far more fundamental reasons - the government should not be running these businesses in the first place.
The governments job is running the country it should not be involved with businesses.
We should privatise the ABC/SBS those who like it can buy shares in it. It will save taxpayers over a billion dollars a year. Why should those who don't watch it pay taxes for a small minority who don't want commercials to pay for it?
You're assuming the ABCs charter is to make money.
It's not, it's to provide a service.
If it's privatised all the biggest "loss" services will go, including new and radio that saves lives during emergencies and provides regional and rural Australia with news and information.
All the international services will go which helps bring the attention to Australia boosting many local markets, not just tourism.
If, like Telstra, the government legislate service obligations to these services and areas there will be demands of handouts for subsidies.
What's the point in privatising it in that case?
And would a privatised ABC still be bound by their charter, you know the one that required honesty in reporting which time and time again, investigation after investigation has shown to be fair, balanced and of the highest integrity?
If whoever buys it cannot control the narrative to further their own agenda, like Skynews, are unable to advertise and have to follow the Principles and Standards the ABC is currently bound to, nobody will buy it anyway...
Unless the ABC is destroyed it's not a profitable service.
And despite the slow shift to the right, that's the entire point of the notion of privatising the ABC, to destroy it because those who pull the strings of the conservative parties demand it, and the sheep are all to eager to follow orders.
Once again you're just full of utter shyte.
Let's take a closer look at the budget the ABC enjoys compliments of Scomo ie us!
We're all tightening our belt Post Covid yeah? No pay rises and everybody who is working is working a lot of unpaid overtime.
Let's look at how responsible the ABC has been. For that we'll need to start with its Managing Director.