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Time to switch off SBS

4 February 2017

9:00 AM

4 February 2017

9:00 AM

The impending retirement of ABC chairman, Jim Spigelman, presents Malcolm Turnbull with an ideal opportunity to shake up the country’s public broadcasting sector.

For instance, Turnbull could take the bold step of making Spigelman’s replacement not just chairman of the ABC but also of the SBS, in a move to rationalise the two publicly-funded broadcasters.

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