Decreasing ABC and SBS funding
People who support this policy believe that the federal government should decrease funding for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS).
View on They Vote For You →How each party's members voted
Each bar is 100% of a party's current members in the House of Representatives whom They Vote For You places in one of its seven agreement groups for this policy (its own categories, shown as published). Bars show percentages of members, not vote totals; the number beside each bar is how many members that is. Members They Vote For You says haven't cast enough votes on the policy are counted separately, not in the bars.
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- Generally against
- Mixture
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- Consistently for
Labor
3 members+24 not enough votes
Liberal0 members+9 not enough votes
Nationals0 members+3 not enough votes
One Nation0 members+1 not enough votes
Independent0 members+1 not enough votes
Party breakdown as a table (number of members in each group)
| Party | Consistently against | Almost always against | Generally against | Mixture | Generally for | Almost always for | Consistently for | Not enough votes | Members in bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
All 41 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Hawke (Mitchell) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Dan Tehan (Wannon) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Michael McCormack (Riverina) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Scott Buchholz (Wright) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Tony Pasin (Barker) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Michelle Landry (Capricornia) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Melissa Price (Durack) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Angus Taylor (Hume) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Jason Wood (La Trobe) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Rick Wilson (O'Connor) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Kevin Hogan (Page) | Nationals | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Ben Small (Forrest) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Barnaby Joyce (New England) | One Nation | Not enough votes to say | 92% |
| David Smith (Bean) | Labor | Voted generally against | 33% |
| Anne Urquhart (Braddon) | Labor | Voted generally against | 19% |
| Anthony Albanese (Grayndler) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Jason Clare (Blaxland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Julie Collins (Franklin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Justine Elliot (Richmond) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Catherine King (Ballarat) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Richard Marles (Corio) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Shayne Neumann (Blair) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tanya Plibersek (Sydney) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tony Zappia (Makin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Rob Mitchell (McEwen) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Ed Husic (Chifley) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Michelle Rowland (Greenway) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Chris Bowen (McMahon) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Lisa Chesters (Bendigo) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tim Watts (Gellibrand) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Clare O'Neil (Hotham) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Joanne Ryan (Lalor) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Sharon Claydon (Newcastle) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Jim Chalmers (Rankin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Andrew Giles (Scullin) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Pat Conroy (Shortland) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Andrew Leigh (Fenner) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Mark Butler (Hindmarsh) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Andrew Wilkie (Clark) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
Votes that make up this policy
The policy position on each vote. Strong votes count more towards a member's agreement score.
- 4 July 2024 · SenatePolicy: AyeCommunications Legislation Amendment (Prominence and Anti-Siphoning) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - SBS and ABC
- 23 Feb 2021 · SenatePolicy: NoTreasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - ABC funding
- 2 Sept 2020 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Guarantee funding
- 11 June 2020 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Properly fund
- 11 June 2020 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Restore funding
- 31 July 2019 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Media - Funding for public broadcasters
- 14 Nov 2018 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Australia Network - Reinstate and award funding
- 19 June 2018 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Restructure and calls for privatisation
- 19 June 2018 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Cuts and privatisation
- 9 May 2018 · SenatePolicy: NoCommunications Legislation Amendment (Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Media diversity
- 26 Mar 2018 · SenatePolicy: NoCommunications Legislation Amendment (Online Content Services and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Reinstate SBS revenue shortfall
- 13 Sept 2017 · SenatePolicy: NoBroadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Against non-statutory review
- 10 May 2017 · SenatePolicy: AyeMotions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Reduce funding
- 29 Nov 2016 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Opposes cuts
- 24 June 2015 · SenatePolicy: AyeCommunications Legislation Amendment (Sbs Advertising Flexibility and Other Measures) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree to bill's main idea
- 26 May 2015 · HousePolicy: AyeCommunications Legislation Amendment (Sbs Advertising Flexibility and Other Measures) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - Agree to bill's main idea
- 24 Nov 2014 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - ABC and SBS - Against budget cuts
- 18 June 2013 · SenatePolicy: NoMotions - Public Broadcasting - Properly fund ABC and SBS