Labor says new five-year funding for ABC will safeguard against arbitrary cuts and political interference

Communications minister Michelle Rowland says Coalition completely lied' about 2013 funding cut which harmed broadcaster

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A new five-year funding term from 2023 would give the ABC financial stability and safeguard against arbitrary cuts and political interference, the Labor communications minister, Michelle Rowland, says.

In an interview with Guardian Australia on the eve of the ABC's 90th birthday, Rowland said the Coalition completely lied" about not cutting ABC funding in 2013 and the broadcaster had been harmed as a result. But she stopped short of agreeing with Kevin Rudd that the ABC had been tamed" by cuts and incessant attacks.