The ABC will axe up to 250 jobs and cut programming

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Up to 250 ABC jobs to go, ABC Life brand scrapped, flagship radio news bulletin dumped to tackle $84 million budget cut

The ABC will axe up to 250 jobs and cut programming as it deals with budget cuts of $84 million.
Managing director David Anderson said a flagship radio news bulletin would go, the ABC Life lifestyle portal would be rebranded, and programs would be reviewed as part of a major overhaul of the national broadcaster.
There will also be cuts to travel and to spending on television productions, as the organisation moves to become more relevant to more Australians and better reflect community diversity, he said.
Mr Anderson said the redundancies and savings would affect every division across the ABC.
"We anticipate we may farewell as many as 250 colleagues through this process," he told staff in a briefing.
The News division is set to lose about 70 staff, the Entertainment and Specialist division 53 staff and the Regional and Local division 19.
Mr Anderson said there would be changes to executive staffing, but did not offer any details.
And he said the organisation would aim to have 75 per cent of its content-makers based outside its Sydney headquarters by 2025.
The ABC had already flagged that it would shed about 250 jobs due to a three-year funding indexation pause announced by the Federal Government in 2018.
Mr Anderson said the flagship 7:45am radio news bulletins would end, and be replaced by a five-minute bulletin at 8:00am. A 10-minute bulletin at 7:00am will remain.
The changes include:

• ABC Life will become ABC Local and have a "broader editorial direction"
  
• The travel budget will be cut by 25 per cent
  
• Spending on external and independent television productions will be cut by $5 million a year
  
• The ABC Comedy television channel will be rebranded to cater for a broader array of programs and content
  
• Leasing of space at the ABC's Sydney headquarters will be explored
  
• TV and radio broadcast channels will remain, but transmission cuts have been flagged for future years
  

Regional and Local director Judith Whelan said ABC Life would lose nine staff.
ABC Life editor Bhakthi Puvanenthiran said on Twitter that her team would be halved under the change.
"It's devastating news and the details are unclear right now, but what I know for sure is I'm really proud of what we've built, telling diverse stories the ABC has never told before," she said.
After the indexation freeze announced in the 2018 budget, then-managing director Michelle Guthrie said the organisation had suffered $254 million in cuts since 2014.
The changes were announced as part of the ABC's new five-year plan, the main focus of which is pivoting the corporation towards on-demand and digital services, and being "more relevant to more Australians".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-24/abc-announces-cuts-to-programming-and-jobs-funding/12384972