ABC calls for new funding model to overcome 'threat' of political interference

Acting managing director David Anderson asks Senate inquiry into Guthrie-Milne saga to consider sweeping changes

The ABC is advocating for an alternative funding model to protect itself from the “threat of capricious or arbitrary political decisions” made by the government of the day.

The broadcaster’s acting chair, David Anderson, used a submission to the Senate committee investigating allegations of political interference within the ABC, established by the Greens, Labor and the crossbench over the Michelle Guthrie and Justin Milne saga, to lobby for change.

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