ABC contributes as much to the economy as it costs the taxpayer: Michelle Guthrie
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has hit back against critics with a Deloitte Access Economics assessment that the public broadcaster contributed more than A$1 billion to the Australian economy in the last financial year.
This was on a par with the public funding of the organisation, she told the Melbourne Press Club, in an address coming...