ABC Chair Kim Williams responds to News Corp claims of budget wastage
ABCABC Chair Kim Williams has labelled claims published in News Corporation articles that the public broadcaster costs Australians "more than the price of a Netflix subscription" as "inaccurate, unbalanced and agenda-driven". The articles, published across News Corp's mastheads by journalist Stephen Drill on Friday, claimed that the ABC "fails to reach 10.6 million Australians", despite managing a budget of $1.1 billion. Mr Drill's article also claimed that more than 1 million Australians "tuned out from the ABC in the 2024/25 financial year" and said that "lavish spending in some areas has infuriated insiders". Mr Williams said that the ABC provided Mr Drill with "content and audience highlights" from the last 12 months, which were not included in the News Corp articles.
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