Senator Conroy: The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows: (1) Government appropriation represents funds appropriated for SBS by Parliament through the annual budget process. Base funding represents the portion of the appropriation funding that SBS has discretion to spend, as it sees fit, to perform its functions, and excludes appropriated funds for specific or tied purposes, such as transmission funding. (2) (a) Base funding for SBS was determined through the Department of Finance's "running costs" arrangements in the 1990s, indexed for price increases according to the WCI6. This amount is reviewed through the triennial funding process (every three years) by the Government. (b) No. (3) (a) and (b) The total SBS appropriations, including both tied and untied funding, are determined through the Budget process. (4) (a)— 2010-11 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2011-12 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2012-13 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2013-14 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2014-15 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 34,019 16 36,721 17 39,274 18 55,075 26 45,332 21 * Proportion of forecast Government appropriation (SBS Corporate Plan 2010-2013, p.13). (b) (i)— 2010-11 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2011-12 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2012-13 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2013-14 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2014-15 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 34,019 59 36,721 60 39,274 61 55,075 62 45,332 62 * Proportion of forecast television advertising and sponsorship revenue (SBS Corporate Plan 2010-2013). (b) (ii)— 2010-11 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2011-12 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2012-13 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2013-14 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2014-15 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 34,019 39 36,721 40 39,274 40 55,075 44 45,332 41 * Proportion of forecast advertising and sponsorship revenue (SBS Corporate Plan 2010-2013, p.13). The Corporate Plan 2010-2013 included content sales, subscription television and In Language revenue in the advertising and sponsorship category. (5) (a)— 2010-11 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2011-12 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2012-13 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2013-14 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2014-15 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 33,019 57 35,721 58 38,274 59 41,070 46 42,037 57 * Proportion of forecast television advertising and sponsorship revenue (SBS Corporate Plan 2010-2013). (b)— 2010-11 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2011-12 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2012-13 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2013-14 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2014-15 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 33,019 38 35,721 39 38,274 39 41,070 33 42,037 38 * Proportion of forecast advertising and sponsorship revenue (SBS Corporate Plan 2010-2013, p.13). The Corporate Plan 2010-2013 included content sales, subscription television and In Language revenue in the advertising and sponsorship category. (c)— 2010-11 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2011-12 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2012-13 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2013-14 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2014-15 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 33,019 16 35,721 16 38,274 18 41,070 19 42,037 19 * Proportion of forecast Government appropriation (SBS Corporate Plan 2010-2013, p. 13). (6) (a)— 2010-11 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2011-12 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2012-13 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2013-14 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2014-15 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 57,799 67 61,301 66 64,651 66 89,532 72 73,646 67 * Proportion of forecast advertising and sponsorship revenue (SBS Corporate Plan 2010-2013, p.13). The Corporate Plan 2010-2013 included content sales, subscription television and In Language revenue in the advertising and sponsorship category. (b)— 2010-11 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2011-12 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2012-13 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2013-14 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2014-15 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2,917 3 3,355 4 3,708 4 4,193 3 4,298 4 * Proportion of forecast advertising and sponsorship revenue (SBS Corporate Plan 2010-2013, p.13). The Corporate Plan 2010-2013 included content sales, subscription television and In Language revenue in the advertising and sponsorship category. (7)— 2010-11 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2011-12 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2012-13 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2013-14 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2014-15 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 36,936 18 40,076 18 42,982 20 59,268 27 49,630 23 * Proportion of forecast Government appropriation (SBS Corporate Plan 2010-2013, p.13). (8)— 2010-11 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2011-12 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2012-13 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2013-14 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2014-15 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 36,936 43 40,076 43 42,982 44 59,268 47 49,630 45 * Proportion of forecast advertising and sponsorship revenue (SBS Corporate Plan 2010-2013, p.13). The Corporate Plan 2010-2013 included content sales, subscription television and In Language revenue in the advertising and sponsorship category. (9)— 2007-08 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2008-09 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2009-10** ($'000) Per cent* (%) 46,288 93 52,461 93 72,348 94 * Proportion of television, radio and online advertising and sponsorship revenue. ** FIFA World Cup year. (10)— 2007-08 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2008-09 ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2009-10** ($'000) Per cent* (%) 2,859 6 1,690 3 25,045 35 * Proportion of television, radio and online advertising and sponsorship revenue. ** FIFA World Cup year. (11) (a) Increase base funding by the shortfall, indexed according to WCI6, and also fully index SBS for all other price rises, in particular increasing content costs. SBS notes that this would require a substantial increase in appropriation without providing additional services and benefits to SBS audiences. (b) Increase base funding by the shortfall, indexed according to WCI6, and also fully index SBS for all other price rises, in particular increasing content costs. SBS notes that this would require a substantial increase in appropriation without providing additional services and benefits to SBS audiences. (12) If SBS were to have reduced commercial revenue due to further legislative restrictions it would require additional funding to maintain its level of current services.