In this draft discussion paper, Emma Dawson and Miriam Lyons outline the basic principles that should underpin our public broadcasting policy, and toss around a few ideas on how to equip the ABC and SBS to meet the needs of Australian citizens.

This E-Brief updates earlier statistics on funding provided to the ABC by the Australian Government and information on funding derived from other sources.

This was one of several reviews of ABC funding carried out by the Howard Government. It found that the ABC's level of funding at the time was significantly lower than other international public broadcasters and its domestic peers.

The Fraser government commissioned this inquiry in 1979, as the national broadcaster approached its 50th anniversary. The inquiry was chaired by Alex Dix and came to be known as "the Dix inquiry". The inquiry found that:

This document is the final report of the Royal Commission on Television.