What is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation?
Q: What is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation?
A: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, also known as "the ABC", is Australia's national public broadcaster.
Q: What services does the ABC provide?
A: The ABC provides television, radio, online, and mobile information services throughout Australia, as well as overseas through the ABC Australia and Radio Australia.
Q: When did the ABC begin?
A: The ABC began in 1929 as the Australian Broadcasting Company.
Q: When did the ABC become a government-owned corporation?
A: The ABC became a government-owned corporation on 1 July 1932, called the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
Q: What changed the name of the ABC organization?
A: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 changed the name of the organisation to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, from 1 July 1983.
Q: Is the ABC editorially independent?
A: Although funded and owned by the government, the ABC remains editorially independent. This independence is part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983.
Q: What is the yearly budget of the ABC?
A: The yearly budget of the ABC is A$1.18 billion.
