A senior Minister in the NSW government of John Fahey once told me that there was a vacant metaphorical chair at Cabinet meetings. It may have been unoccupied but everyone understood that it was assigned to Alan Jones of Radio 2GBH, Sydney. Talkback radio was ever present during deliberations. Now, John Brennan, the man who pioneered talkback radio in Australia, imported from the US, has told the tale.
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