In his call to arms at the black-tie dinner in Sydney Town Hall celebrating the Lowy Institute’s tenth anniversary, Rupert Murdoch — one of the few in a simple neck-tie — drew on the small Australian film Spotswood to point up his big message. Made some 20 years ago but set in the 1960s, its story is about a factory that is going broke but is secretly subsidised by its lovable owner who cannot bring himself to sack his Aussie workers whom he regards as mates and family.