AnnuAl REPORT 2011-2012 - Sbs

sbs budgET bOOsT
SBS welcomed a $158.1 million funding
boost in the May 2012 Federal Budget,
representing a 27 per cent increase on
its core funding over the next four years.
This funding boost will equip SBS
to continue to play its vital role in
inspiring all Australians to understand
and appreciate our multicultural
world and importantly, will go towards
the development of a dedicated free-toair
Indigenous channel in 2012–13.
sbs CQ: CulTuRAl inTElligEnCE
In 2011–12, SBS launched SBS CQ:
Cultural Intelligence, a forum series
and online resource around media
practice, particularly as it relates to
Australian cultural diversity. CQ draws
on research, commentary and a
range of views to take debates further
around the ways media reflects,
shapes and interprets our society.
SBS staff in Sydney welcome the announcement of the funding boost.
Ideas are the currency of any media organisation.
SBS seeks to contribute to the national conversation
with intelligent debate, an accessible approach
to new research and an opportunity to reflect on
media practices.
Hosted by World News Australia’s Anton enus,
CQ broadcasts on SBS TWO and streams on the
CQ website sbs.com.au/cq.
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