Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull is under fire after unveiling a new plan to reduce the federal budget deficit by means testing access to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). The move comes as Education Minister… Read More ›
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SBS Denies Plans For Bankers Boulevard. Mayor Claims SBS Crew Offered Diamonds And Furs
The makers of controversial poverty porn documentary Struggle Street have denied reports they planned a follow-up which could damage the reputation of people who actually matter. Mayor of Woollahra Cr Penny Goldmine who is on a mission to stop SBS… Read More ›
Editorial: Bolt’s Right, Taxpayers Should Not Fund SBS’s The Backburner, They Should Fund Us
Renown satirist Andrew Bolt has strongly criticised SBS for wasting taxpayers’ money on its satirical page, The Backburner, paying for what he called “utterly unfunny ‘satire’ relentless attacking Liberals, conservatives, Tony Abbott, climate sceptics and any other deviants from Left-wing dogma”. Here at… Read More ›
The (Un)Australian’s Tea Lady Sacked Over Derogatory Anzac Comments
The (un)Australian has this week parted ways with their tea lady Beryl Jenkins, after 86-year-old Beryl made derogatory comments to fellow employees about the Anzac biscuits she was forced to serve at The (un)Australian’s weekly staff meeting prior to Anzac… Read More ›
Abbott Government Keeps Election Promise Not To Cut ABC ‘Or’ SBS By Cutting ABC AND SBS
Keeping with then Opposition leaderTony Abbott’s explicit pre-election promise not to cut funding to ABC or SBS, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced funding cuts to both ABC and SBS. The cuts to the ABC will amount to $254… Read More ›