Foxy,

The point is that all the other channels do not require any payment at all, in fact, their licence fees reduce the tax burden, and provide as good or better programming.

Perhaps we should charge every Australian another 19c/day to make sky TV freely available to everyone. That might provide some balance.

The ABC seems to spend a lot of time apologising, like recently for its overt racism against Jacinda Price.

scholarly degree . .
Mr Opinion,
Just about all our figures in high office are so-called scholars hence the nation running so smooth & flawlessly !

"White ABC host is forced to read grovelling apology after broadcaster repeated claims that Aboriginal leader is RACIST - despite her fights to protect Indigenous women and children from domestic violence"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9448029/White-ABC-announcer-apologies-Aboriginal-leader-Jacinta-Price.html

The actual settlement figure is a secret but I'm guessing quite a few of Foxy's 19cent payments are now in the hands of this supposed racist.

BTW, how is it that a PUBLIC broadcaster living off the PUBLIC teat can refuse to tell the PUBLIC how it spent the PUBLIC's money?

The following link may help:

http://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/9944818/the-cost-of-being-the-abc-data.pdf

92% of ABC funding is spent in areas directly linked to
content creation and delivery.

We're told that:

"No commercial broadcaster would invest in Australian
content to the extent that the ABC and SBS do, simply
because it is too expensive."

" Without these broadcasters, we would be fed a diet
of nothing more than reality TV and second-rate
American sitcoms."

"While the ABC and SBS have their detractors, there
are no other institutions in Australia that uphold
Australian values to the level that these two broadcasters do."

As for Jacinda Price? Ah yes, conservatives love her.
Especially Andrew Bolt and Alan Jones, and of course
Sky News. Now there's nothing wrong with that!
In Australia there's a place for everybody - as we can see
from this forum.

Oooops. Sorry for the omission.
Here's the link again:

http://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/9944818/data/the-cost-of-being-the-abc-data.pdf

..... shifty&shadyminister is an ignorant person ....
Mr Opinion,
And, What ? You're not ? Give us a break !