The Australian Broadcasting Corporation will receive a two-year $83m funding boost in Labor’s mid year economic update, which will bank $14.6bn of additional savings and rack up $8.8bn of “unavoidable spending”.
The update, to be delivered on Wednesday, will also reveal an increase of $16.3bn in payments and programs, with billions more spent due to pension indexation, extra childcare subsidies and school support for children with disability.
