budget

Federal budget ‘chipping away’ at community radio funding

13 May 2015 Community Radio president Adrian Basso is disappointed in some of the budget measures announced last night.The community sector is worried...

2015 Budget: reductions for ACMA and the national broadcasters

12 May 2015 In tonight’s budget the ABC and SBS both had their budgets reduced.The ABC’s budget has been reduced from $1.113 billion...

Indexation freeze carves $3 million hole in community broadcast funding

7 August 2014 Finance Minister Mathias Cormann this week revealed the impact of the May Federal Budget’s indexation freeze on community broadcasters. ...

Community broadcasting a valuable service… but no long term funding guarantees

30 May 2014 The Department of Communications is responding to letters written by community broadcasting supporters who feared that funding would be cut...

Community Broadcast Funding safe: Federal Budget

13 May 2014 The feared cuts to community broadcast funding have not materialised in tonight’s Federal Budget.Despite a recommendation from the Commission of...