Request to Members of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, from Members of the Victorian Parliamentary Economic Development Committee.

Special status of the ABC

As a Government-funded national broadcaster the ABC should do more than simply talk to all Australians from Sydney, it must allow all Australians to talk to each other where ever they live. This is an important differentiation from the commercial broadcasters who are concentrated in Sydney.

What is the situation?

The pie chart below clearly indicates a centralisation of ABC resources in Sydney.