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ABC managing director David Anderson has told a Senate estimates hearing a total of 229 staff have left following an indexation freeze.

But Coalition senators are arguing the ABC has not had a budget cut. Anderson has also raised the constant criticism of the ABC, in particular by the Murdoch press.

Our critics relentlessly try to make us part of a cultural debate most Australians do not find relevant or helpful.

The ABC is bigger than this debate. And yet public broadcasters around the world face a similar challenge: an assault on their very existence by commercial enterprises that claim that such public services are no longer necessary.