Write a letter to your representatives in Parliament about the impact on Four Corners of inadequate funds.
Do they know that:
COST-CUTTING HAS MEANT MORE ‘BUY-INS’ AND FEWER LOCALLY MADE PROGRAMS?
in 2004, Four Corners made 26 programs out of a total of 41 broadcast? That the remainder of the programs were ‘buy-ins’, so in other words current affairs reports purchased from overseas broadcasters are about 36% of the total Four Corners programs?
previously the number of locally produced Four Corners programs per annum was well over 30, out of a total of 42? That the ‘buy-ins’ used to be about 28% of the total programs?
the average locally made Four Corners program costs around $30,000 in external costs alone?
increasing the number of ‘buy-ins’ has resulted in enforced ‘savings’ of tens of thousands of dollars?
when fewer programs are made each year, not as many staff are required? And that some have been shed from Four Corners in recent years?.
FOUR CORNERS IS THE SECOND LONGEST-RUNNING CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM OF ITS TYPE IN THE WORLD (after Panorama)?
Four Corners is an Australian award-winning institution?
from the early 1960s, Four Corners has held a mirror up to our society and helped change it for the better?
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