Kim Williams comments on Dutton’s proposed efficiency audit of ABC

“I think it is undergoing documentaries is deeply alarming and must be corrected and redirected as a question of urgency,” said Williams.

Williams also broke twice in tears, reflecting on the positive messages he received from his audience on the impact of his work, in particular the service provided during the cyclone Alfred in Queensland last month.

Dutton prefigured cuts in the broadcaster on Wednesday while talking to the ABC Melbourne radio, saying that the coalition would “reward excellence” when he was asked by the guest Raf Epstein if the issuer was part of his wider plans for the cuts.

“I think there is an excellent job that ABC does, and if it is performed efficiently then [we’ll] … continues to funding in progress, “he said.” If it is not managed efficiently … taxpayers pay for this, who work more hard than ever just to go on, [they] I would expect that we do not support waste. “

The work rapidly launched on the comments of Dutton, to which he added during different apparitions in the media that day, with the party that warned the voters that Dutton had shown his hand and asking donations to help “fight” an ABC adequately financed.

More to come.

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