Scorecard for candidates

Table 1 – Candidate responses

The table below shows the level of support for the ABC by individual candidates indicated by their responses to a questionnaire containing the above six questions.

Where the candidates belonged to an established party they referred us to the official party response.

You can read our assessment of their responses in the second table. Their full response can be read here. Party responses in full. 

Table 1 – Candidate responses

Table  2 –  Party Responses

The table below indicates the level of support shown for the ABC by the three major parties as indicated by their answers to our six point questionnaire described above.

The answers are categorises as Poor, Medium or Strong

Full responses can be read here. Party responses in full.

Six Key Questions

A survey form has been used to to gauge each candidates attitude toward the future of the ABC by asking the following six questions.
Scroll down to read the questions and further down to see table of results.

Question 1

Funding: Do you support a restoration of ABC funding by $140 million per year to be phased in progressively over a 3-year period commencing in 2026, and will you push for this if you are elected?

Question 2

Privatisation: Will you oppose the privatisation of the ABC and guarantee that it will remain free-to-access for all Australians: no ads, no subscriptions and no downgrading of services?

Question 3

Emergency Services: Will you support the introduction of a dedicated fund to provide full funding for the ABC’s emergency service?

Question 4

Indexation: Do you support a change to the ABC’s indexation formula to cover the full costs of inflation and production?

Question 5

Access: Do you support additional funding to ensure that high quality ABC services can be received by all Australians across the country?

Question 6

Independence: If elected, will you push for specific legislative and other measures to protect the ABC’s independence?