The Coalition government is (again) trying to put the squeeze on the ABC
- Written by Fiona R Martin, Senior Lecturer in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
The Coalition government has reintroduced a bill seeking to mandate the ABC devote more resources to covering regional Australia – a measure that has been defeated before by parliament.Danny Casey/AAP
One of the basic tenets of the ABC Act is independence from government. Yet once again, in contravention to that principle, the federal...
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