ABC cuts – two days into a brutal time.

The Guthrie announcement, says the ABC, brings long held desires for reform to the surface, but the plan is still short on detail.
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Deep in the silent depths of ABC management, reformists expect to find strange, unworldly creatures with no real function. The truth may be sadly different. Image: Ernst Haeckel’s Actinae.  

As of June 30 2016, the ABC had 4182 employees and total revenue of just over a billion. On Tuesday 7 March Managing Director Michelle Guthrie announced the loss of up to 200 jobs. She provided more detail in her speech to staff: 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.