Labor moves to protect ABC funding after $526m cut under Coalition

Michelle Rowland says the ABC must be sufficiently funded to ensure it can fulfil its charter of ‘accessible and diverse programming’ that holds those in power to account. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

The Albanese government is reviewing ways to protect the financial stability of the ABC after the public broadcaster lost $526m in funding under the Coalition.

The communications minister, Michelle Rowland, told Guardian Australia that on top of a new five-year funding cycle work was under way on a review of funding certainty.