Open any video on the ABC YouTube channel and you'll quickly discover there's no option for the public to openly discuss the content being delivered. Although this is the unfortunate truth for the majority of Australian News, the ABC specifically should not have the right to block its audience and the Australian public from interacting with the content as the ABC is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and therefore Australian tax payers.

By supporting this petition you are advocating for the right to free speech and the sharing of ideas and opinions within a public forum of an organisation financially supported by you.