In 2012, during the dying days of the Gillard Labor Government, two pieces of media legislation sailed seamlessly through the Federal Parliament. Both had timeless application and both directly, or indirectly, affected the future of the ABC.
The first, which drew no response from the Canberra Press Gallery, placed a permanent ban on any additional players entering Australia’s commercial free to air television industry.
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Malcolm Colless is a freelance writer and journalist.
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