Labor to consider ways to protect ABC and SBS from future funding threats

A communications department review will not examine ABC and SBS funding levels but will identify potential mechanisms to implement and maintain five‑year funding terms. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

A review into the security of ABC and SBS funding will examine ways to protect the public broadcasters from future threats of privatisation and arbitrary funding cuts, the communications minister Michelle Rowland has said.

Rowland told an ABC Friends dinner the communications department review would consider options to support the independence of the ABC and the SBS and it was open for public submissions.