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ABC funding adequacy and efficiency review (Submissions closed)
Print this pageThe ABC Funding Adequacy and Efficiency Review will assess how the ABC uses its funding and provide a sound basis for assessing future funding needs.
On 6 October 2005 the Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts announced that KPMG Australia will be engaged to undertake the.review – see 
Minister’s release
KPMG Australia will work closely with the ABC, the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts and the Department of Finance and Administration to complete the review.
The results of the review will be taken into account during the Government’s consideration of the 2006-07 Budget. Any additional resources identified as a result of this review will be available to the ABC to use towards meeting its Charter obligations.
Terms of Reference
The review will provide advice about the adequacy of the ABC’s current funding to undertake the functions specified in section 6 of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 (the ABC Charter), and the efficiency of the ABC’s use of this funding.
It will assess and provide advice on whether there are practicable cost efficiencies which would allow funding to be made available for priority ABC initiatives.
The review will look at the:
- ABC’s legislative obligations;
- structure of the ABC and its regional activities;
- range of services provided by the ABC;
- impact of the changing media and technological environment on the ABC including the impact of digital conversion;
- current state of the national and international market in which the ABC operates for acquiring and selling programming; and
- impact of changing industry costs.
Public submissions
An invitation for public submissions to the review was published on 8 November 2005. Submissions were required to relate to the terms of reference outlined above.
The closing date for the receipt of submissions was COB AEST on Thursday 1 December 2005.
The following submissions were received:
A–D submissions (File size: 171 Kb)
- A Lawson
- A&J Page
- Australian Film Commission
- Australian Screen Directors Association
- Australian Writers’ Guild
- B Schultz
- B Schur
- C A Warren
- C Stabler
- D Ellis
- D Percival
E–F submissions (File size: 309 Kb)
- E Richards
- E Tuettemann
- E&J Lawson
- E Wheeler
- Elliott
- Friends of the ABC Ltr VIC,TAS,QLD
- Friends of the ABC Submission VIC,TAS,QLD
- Friends of the ABC VIC,TAS,QLD Appendix A
- Friends of the ABC VIC,TAS,QLD Appendix B
- Friends of the ABC VIC,TAS,QLD Appendix C
- Friends of the ABC VIC,TAS,QLD Appendix D
- Friends of the ABC ACT®ION
- Friends of the ABC NSW
- Film Australia
G–K submissions (File size: 102 Kb)
- G Ringer
- H Fenbury
- I Moore
- I&E Concochie
- J Hudson
- J Rowohlt
- J Walpole
- K Weeratunga
- K Whitcombe
- Kitech
L–R submissions (File size: 449 Kb)
- L Goodram
- L Tacoma
- M Bosworth
- M Donovan
- Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance
- P Lowe
- P Ringer
- P Wellington
- R Chapman
- R Christian
- R Laslett
- R&C Stabler
- R&M Durston
- Ranjan Ray
S–Z submissions (File size: 445 Kb)
- S Murray
- S Paterson
- Screen Producers Association of Australia
- Thompson&Masney
- WA Friends of the ABC
- WA Friends of the ABC addition
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- Last modified: 5 February 2008, 3:36pm