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Funding & Ads

In the month leading up to the 2010 federal election, more than 15,427 emails were sent from people visiting the SaveOurSBS.org website to politicians across all Parties. The emails asked government to increase public funding for SBS and amend legislation to stop the disruptive breaks into programs on SBS-TV. The Greens promised to do that. Labor implied that in a different economic climate it might place advertising restrictions on SBS.

SBS 2009 Budget: Proper Funding & No Ads email the Treasurer & PM

Save Our SBS has launched a campaign to see SBS better funded in the 2009 triennial federal Budget and as part of an ongoing objective that would enable SBS to be the public, non-commercial, multicultural ’special’ broadcaster it once was. The Budget is the time to right recent past policies and prohibit the interruption of programs for advertisements. Save Our SBS has been lobbying for sometime with the support of thousands of concerned persons for this change followed by an eventual phasing out of all commercials on the SBS.

On 5 August 2008, Save Our SBS Inc made a recommendation

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SBS No Ads In May Budget Campaign – eNewsLetter no 6

Dear Supporter of Save Our SBS

Please read this important email from Save Our SBS www.SaveOurSBS.org

SBS is about to be funded for the next three years. We are inviting you to participate in our latest campaign to see SBS properly funded in the May 2009 Federal Budget and to put an end to those commercial breaks on SBS. We urging you to send a pre-addressed, pre-worded email directly to the Treasurer & Prime Minister. You can do this now from http://sbsbudget.saveoursbs.org

There are two parts to this campaign: In the first part you are asked to send an email

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