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Constant attacks on the ABC will come back to haunt the Coalition government

  • Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie has launched a strong defence of the public broadcaster.AAP/Julian Smith

In January 1931, as the newly elected United Australia Party government of Joseph Lyons was contemplating the establishment of a national broadcasting service, the prime minister received a deputation of prominent Melburnians, including a...

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