It is now clear that none of our successive federal governments has the courage, willpower or intention to do anything about the ABC. The national broadcaster, as it likes to style itself (though it is national only in the sense that all taxpayers are forced to pay for it, not in the scope of its minority audience) will carry on as it has for years with its turgid leaden-scripted soaps, its vulgar and mirthless ‘comedy’, its portentous and mendacious excursions into world affairs (it still hasn’t admitted it was wrong over Trump and Russia) and its trivialised and cliché-laden News...