This Ad Campaign Imagining A Privatised ABC is Both Hilarious And Terrifying

The ABC has had a rough few years under the Abbott/Turnbull Liberal government. They’ve endured job and funding cuts, attacks on their impartiality and boycotts from government ministers, and an environment generally less friendly to the existence of a publicly-funded broadcaster than it used to be.

But they still have plenty of friends, many of whom are aghast at the thought of an Australia without Aunty there to kickstart our national conversations, take a chance on local talent and show endless reruns of twee British crime dramas. Some of those friends, imaginatively named ABC Friends, have banded together and launched an online campaign depicting what life might be like if the Institute of Public Affairs were ever to get its wish and see the ABC privatised and sold off. If the prospect of Sarah Ferguson giving puff-piece interviews to dodgy ‘wellness’ gurus a la A Current Affair or Tony Jones getting bumped from Q&A to  Deal Or No Deal raises your hackles, you’ll probably strongly identify with the delightfully grumpy old nana below.

ABC Friends have a bit more information on their website, which you can visit here.