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 Senate 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.
- Consistently against
- Almost always against
- Generally against
- Mixture
- Generally for
- Almost always for
- Consistently for
Labor
17 members+6 not enough votes
Liberal
14 members+1 not enough votes
Greens
5 members+3 not enough votes
One Nation
2 members
Nationals
2 members
LNP
2 members
Deputy Senate President
1 member
Senate President
1 member
Jacqui Lambie Network
1 member
United Australia0 members+1 not enough votes
Independent0 members+2 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 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| Greens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| One Nation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nationals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| LNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Deputy Senate President | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Senate President | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacqui Lambie Network | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
All 58 members, by agreement
| Member | Party | Position | Agreement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Babet (Victoria) | United Australia | Not enough votes to say | 100% |
| Richard Colbeck (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Malcolm Roberts (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Slade Brockman (WA) | Deputy Senate President | Voted consistently for | 99% |
| Alex Antic (SA) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Andrew Bragg (NSW) | Liberal | Voted consistently for | 98% |
| Pauline Hanson (Queensland) | One Nation | Voted consistently for | 96% |
| Bridget McKenzie (Victoria) | Nationals | Voted consistently for | 95% |
| Dean Smith (WA) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 91% |
| Matthew Canavan (Queensland) | LNP | Voted almost always for | 89% |
| James McGrath (Queensland) | LNP | Voted almost always for | 89% |
| James Paterson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 87% |
| Anne Ruston (SA) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted almost always for | 86% |
| Jane Hume (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 84% |
| Matt O'Sullivan (WA) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 83% |
| Andrew McLachlan (SA) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 80% |
| Michaelia Cash (WA) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 79% |
| Susan McDonald (Queensland) | Nationals | Voted generally for | 79% |
| Sarah Henderson (Victoria) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 79% |
| Claire Chandler (Tasmania) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 73% |
| Paul Scarr (Queensland) | Liberal | Voted generally for | 73% |
| Marielle Smith (SA) | Labor | Voted a mixture of for and against | 50% |
| Jenny McAllister (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally against | 29% |
| Murray Watt (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally against | 28% |
| Penny Wong (SA) | Labor | Voted generally against | 24% |
| Anthony Chisholm (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally against | 23% |
| Raff Ciccone (Victoria) | Labor | Voted generally against | 21% |
| Don Farrell (SA) | Labor | Voted generally against | 20% |
| Deborah O'Neill (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Tim Ayres (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Nita Green (Queensland) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Tony Sheldon (NSW) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Jess Walsh (Victoria) | Labor | Voted generally against | 17% |
| Glenn Sterle (WA) | Labor | Voted generally against | 16% |
| Sue Lines (WA) | Senate President | Voted generally against | 16% |
| Katy Gallagher (ACT) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 14% |
| Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania) | Jacqui Lambie Network | Voted almost always against | 11% |
| Malarndirri McCarthy (NT) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 10% |
| Helen Polley (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted almost always against | 9% |
| Lidia Thorpe (Victoria) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 8% |
| Carol Brown (Tasmania) | Labor | Voted consistently against | 5% |
| Jordon Steele-John (WA) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 4% |
| Larissa Waters (Queensland) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 1% |
| Sarah Hanson-Young (SA) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Nick McKim (Tasmania) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Mehreen Faruqi (NSW) | Greens | Voted consistently against | 0% |
| Karen Grogan (SA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| David Pocock (ACT) | Independent | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| David Shoebridge (NSW) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Jana Stewart (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Maria Kovacic (NSW) | Liberal | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Varun Ghosh (WA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Lisa Darmanin (Victoria) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Steph Hodgins-May (Victoria) | Greens | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Dorinda Cox (WA) | Labor | Not enough votes to say | 0% |
| Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania) | Labor | 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