Bullying the public broadcaster: Threatening the ABC's role

Bullying the public broadcaster: Threatening the ABC's role

Public broadcasting in Australia has been under sustained attack for around 18-years now, both politically and through reduced funding. Although the Fraser Government (1975-1983) enacted legislation converting the ABC from the old broadcasting commission into a corporation (with its own borrowing a...

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Main Author: Quentin Dempster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pacific Media Centre 2004-04-01
Series:Pacific Journalism Review
Subjects:
public broadcasting
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
politics
funds
current affairs
Online Access:https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/788
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public broadcasting
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
politics
funds
current affairs
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title Bullying the public broadcaster: Threatening the ABC's role
title_short Bullying the public broadcaster: Threatening the ABC's role
title_full Bullying the public broadcaster: Threatening the ABC's role
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publishDate 2004-04-01
description Public broadcasting in Australia has been under sustained attack for around 18-years now, both politically and through reduced funding. Although the Fraser Government (1975-1983) enacted legislation converting the ABC from the old broadcasting commission into a corporation (with its own borrowing and corporate treasury powers), the then Malcolm/Fraser/Doug/Anthony Liberal/National Coalition Government did not seem to hold more than the usual superficial grudges about our current affairs programmes' treatment of some  of their practitioners. 
topic public broadcasting
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
politics
funds
current affairs
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