The ABC has been subjected to negative media campaigns from the Murdoch press over many years. The Liberal Party has also failed to rescind a 2018 resolution to privatise the ABC. As recently as February 2025 NewsCorp's tabloid papers published a vicious attack. Read the response from ABC Chair Kim Williams and the Alumni's Michael Ward.
For an analysis of the Coalition's historical position on the ABC, see this video from Jonathan Holmes published 2022. And Jonathan's robust rebuff of the IPA's criticisms of the ABC in 2022.