Older Australians turning against Coalition as One Nation support grows, polling shows Read moreIt comes after Hanson celebrated One Nation’s 20th anniversary by declaring a boycott on appearing on ABC programs. On Wednesday Burston told Guardian Australia he had contacted Cormann asking for $600m in cuts to the ABC over four years because the station was “overfunded” and “not utilising money effectively”. Burston said if the government “doesn’t consider savings at the ABC, then I don’t think they’re serious about any of [their savings]”. He warned that One Nation would “very seriously” consider other proposed savings but stopped short of promising to block them. Ashby said Burston had been calling for cuts at the ABC since his inaugural speech in the Senate, and that ABC “stitch-ups” of the party were retaliation.

Source: The Guardian April 12, 2017 03:45 UTC