Leaping Lindner wrote:
It is also time that the ABC was given a decent amount of funding instead of having it constantly cut by the Current Government. The Current Government has cut back the ABC's budget every year it's been in office until the last Budget, when they were given "extra" funding to produce more drama with. That's close to a decade of having their budget cut every year. If there isn't money in the kitty you can't produce
The Commonwealth Govt has so much money in its treasure chest that I reckon the Sultan of Brunei would even be impressed.
On the other hand, try working for the SA Govt. Their money goes to provide jobs for Labor party hacks, ideological crapfests and ridiculous tram extensions. Instead, money should be going to areas like infrastructure, child protection, disabled, mental health and the like. Even the emergency services copped budget cuts and we pay an emergency services levy - do you think the levy will go down as a result? No **** chance.