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The ABC has made 40 redundant and ended 10 fixed contracts, the national broadcaster confirmed.
ABC will reduce the audio team, separating Sport and Capital City Network teams.
The social strategy team's work will transfer to teams in Strategy, Marketing and Screen.
The content division will become ABC Screen.
"We must produce journalism, video and audio that has real and meaningful impact for Australians," the ABC's managing director Hugh Marks, the former CEO of Nine, said in an email to staff.
"We want to be bold with our content ambitions and seek to over-achieve creatively. We have to keep investing and seeking to offer more to our audiences. And we need the capacity to trial new formats for news, screen and audio.
"Achieving this means making strategic and sometimes difficult choices about where we invest and when to step back from areas that no longer align with our priorities."
The news comes alongside the cancellation of Q+A. The show has been running on Australian air for 18 years.
"Q+A was a ground breaking program that has made a significant contribution to Australian society," Marks said.
"Much has changed since it launched in 2008 and it’s time to rethink how we evolve to continue to engage audiences in national conversations.
"Upcoming initiatives in News include investing in producing additional high-impact premium news documentary programs and embedding Your Say as a permanent initiative."
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