Community broadcasting in federal budget 2025

March 26, 2025

Community Broadcasting Foundation CEO Jo Curtin says additional funding for the Community Broadcasting Program will help the community broadcasting sector towards its Roadmap 2033 vision.

“The additional funding will start to address the critical needs of hundreds of community broadcasters who reach out to us for support and are aiming to deliver on the sector’s aspirations to have even greater impact in their communities, as expressed in Roadmap 2033.”

 

As per Radioinfo:

This commitment included an additional $15 million over three years ($5 million per year) for the Community Broadcasting Program, distributed by the Community Broadcasting Foundation, and an additional $12 million over three years ($4 million per year) to support First Nations broadcasting and media through the Indigenous Broadcasting and Media Program, distributed via the National Indigenous Australians Agency.

 

Read more at: https://radioinfo.com.au/news/increases-for-abc-sbs-community-broadcasting-in-federal-budget/