TBTL won a funding increase in the Arts Council's cash distribution exercise three years ago.
"Under Labor, ABC had its biggest funding increase in 25 years.
The president objects to the size of the proposed funding increase, which is seven times what he had proposed.
This is particularly important given that the big funding increase awarded to universities was a policy mishap.
But Lane warned that his funding increase should be considered in the context of individual translation grants being discontinued.
Congress recently authorized the first funding increase for the National Endowment for the Humanities in four years.
"Not that they don't need it, but nobody is going to support that kind of funding increase".
But the S.E.C., while receiving a modest funding increase this year, still cannot keep pace with the growing industry.
He can't understand how the argument over the size of the S-chip funding increase became an all-or-nothing holy war.
The report was welcomed by the Care & Support Alliance, which represents 75 leading charities, as demonstrating that a much needed funding increase was affordable.
The funding increase is to fall to 1.3% next year and 0.4% in 2018/19, while demand is increasing at a rate of around 3% for many services.
