On: Outcry as Australian police search public broadcaster

[shusson]

For those who don't know, the ABC is funded by the government.

[djsumdog → shusson]

Funded in the same way the US government has grants for PBS and NPR or funded in the sense it's partially or fully owned by the Australian government?

[shusson → djsumdog]

The ABC is funded mainly by the Australian government and appointments to the ABC Board made by the government [1]. The funding is currently around $1 billion a year [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corpor...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corpor...

[lukevdp → djsumdog]

It’s funded by the government but has a charter of being impartial and unbiased.