Following the loss of the $220 million contract to run Australia Network Television in 2014, the announced closure of ABC shopfronts in 2015, last year’s axing of ABC’s Fact Check (now back in a different form), and the shutting down of the ABC’s opinion site, The Drum, the ABC will now axe up to 200 jobs. From The Australian:
The ABC will axe up to 200 jobs to create a $50 million content fund and 80 new rural and regional jobs.
The public broadcaster will spend $15m per year on regional jobs and digital programs as part of the fund, financed by slashing management by 20 per cent and cutting ABC divisions from the current 14 to eight…
The ABC would recruit 80 staff in regional areas within 18 months…
The deadline for redundancies, which could be up to 200, was the end of June. As part of the process, ABC TV and ABC News will reduce production and support roles as part of internal efficiency targets.
The cull continues…
