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Not to be confused with the American Broadcasting Company

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, shortened to ABC is the state-owned public broadcaster in Australia. The ABC is operated on a budget of over $1 Billion (Australian) ^[1] and has been criticized for its left-leaning bias by conservative figureheads in Australia.^[2]

History

The ABC originally started out as a commercial radio network called the Australian Broadcasting Company in 1923. In 1932, the company was nationalized under the Australian Broadcasting Commission Act.^[3]^[4] It started broadcasting as a television service in 1956 and in the 2000s digital channels were added such as ABC2.

Funding

The ABC is completely funded by the Federal Government except for a small percentage which is generated through the profit of items sold in the ABC shop such as DVD's. The operating budget for the ABC is slightly over $1 Billion according to the latest Government budget data.^[5]

Ratings and programs

As it is not a commercial network, the ABC does not necessarily go for high-rating programs but concentrates much of its air time on news and current affairs programs such as 7:30, Four Corners, Lateline and the ABC News as well as many local programs, such as children's programs from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. every weekday.^[6] It consistently polls around 15 – 20% of the overall population share every day.^[7]^[8]

Politics and allegations of bias

The ABC been accused by Australian conservatives over allegations of left-wing bias in its journalism, especially when it overrepresents leftist issues in Australia such as immigration, republicanism, multiculturalism, reconciliation and its support for the centre-left Australian Labor Party over the conservative Liberal Party of Australia.^[9]^[10] Conservative commentators in Australia such as Andrew Bolt as well as Coalition members have stated that they believe the ABC to contain bias from the Left.^[11] John Howard who was the Liberal Party Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 – 2007 had cut the funding to the ABC by close to 10% for what he believed to be left-wing bias. In a 2004 poll of journalists the ABC came in second to the question of "the most politically biased media organisation in Australia".^[12]

References

[1] ttp://www.budget.gov.au/2009-10/content/bp4/html/bp4_agency_resourcing_04_bcde.htm

[2] ttp://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/column_your_abc_of_bias/

[3] ttp://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/RADIO_HIST_AUS.html

[4] ttp://www.radio.adelaide.edu.au/intro/history_OZ-radio.pdf#search=%22%22Australian%20Broadcasting%20Company%22%22

[5] ttp://www.budget.gov.au/2009-10/content/bp4/html/bp4_agency_resourcing_04_bcde.htm

[6] ttp://www.abc.net.au/news/programs

[7] ttp://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/12/week-52-3.html

[8] ttp://www.throng.com.au/ratings/free-air-tv-ratings-monday-december-7-2009

[9] ttp://candobetter.org/node/17

[10] ttp://www.themonthly.com.au/monthly-essays-robert-manne-new-teeth-aunty-reinvigorating-national-broadcaster-749

[11] ttp://newmatilda.com/2009/08/24/small-l-liberal-not-left

[12] ttp://www.roymorgan.com/resources/pdf/papers/20040903.pdf

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 ==Politics and allegations of bias==
-The ABC been accused by Australian conservatives over allegations of [[left-wing]] bias in its journalism, especially when it over represents [[leftist]] issues in Australia such as [[immigration]], [[republicanism]], [[multiculturalism]], reconciliation and its support for the centre-left Australian Labor Party over the conservative [[Liberal Party of Australia]].<ref>http://candobetter.org/node/17</ref><ref>http://www.themonthly.com.au/monthly-essays-robert-manne-new-teeth-aunty-reinvigorating-national-broadcaster-749</ref> Conservative commentators in Australia such as Andrew Bolt as well as Coalition members have stated that they believe the ABC to contain bias from the Left.<ref>http://newmatilda.com/2009/08/24/small-l-liberal-not-left</ref> [[John Howard]] who was the Liberal Party Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 – 2007 had cut the funding to the ABC by close to 10% for what he believed to be left-wing bias. In a 2004 poll of journalists the ABC came in second to the question of "the most politically biased media organisation in Australia".<ref>http://www.roymorgan.com/resources/pdf/papers/20040903.pdf</ref>
+The ABC been accused by Australian conservatives over allegations of [[left-wing]] bias in its journalism, especially when it overrepresents [[leftist]] issues in Australia such as [[immigration]], [[republicanism]], [[multiculturalism]], reconciliation and its support for the centre-left Australian Labor Party over the conservative [[Liberal Party of Australia]].<ref>http://candobetter.org/node/17</ref><ref>http://www.themonthly.com.au/monthly-essays-robert-manne-new-teeth-aunty-reinvigorating-national-broadcaster-749</ref> Conservative commentators in Australia such as Andrew Bolt as well as Coalition members have stated that they believe the ABC to contain bias from the Left.<ref>http://newmatilda.com/2009/08/24/small-l-liberal-not-left</ref> [[John Howard]] who was the Liberal Party Prime Minister of Australia from 1996 – 2007 had cut the funding to the ABC by close to 10% for what he believed to be left-wing bias. In a 2004 poll of journalists the ABC came in second to the question of "the most politically biased media organisation in Australia".<ref>http://www.roymorgan.com/resources/pdf/papers/20040903.pdf</ref>
 ==References==