Senator DUNIAM (Tasmania—Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries and Assistant Minister for Regional Tourism) (16:35): I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator DUNIAM: The government agrees that it should provide stable and adequate funding to the ABC, and that's why, over the triennium, the government is providing $3.2 billion to the ABC. The ABC has content and operational independence. Parliament supports this independence so that decisions made by ABC are free of political interference. ABC content and expenditure decisions are a matter for the ABC board and management.