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Collapse Issue 30 - 14 Aug 2001Issue 30 - 14 Aug 2001
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New transport office for Woy Woy
Fitness centre wins Chamber award
Funding for economic project
Woy Woy to get IT centre
Future of remnant bush to be determined
Internet free at libraries
Council to prosecute
High schools to become College
Foreshore is fenced off
Library service fo commuters continues
Top dollar for new managers?
Urban character DCP
Chamber welcomes new transport office
Wran at campaign office opening
Lawyers want defamation identified
Meeting for botanical reserve
Jetty proposed for Taj Mahal
Venturers start up again
The James' fight council
Webcam hosts wanted
Volunteer nominations being received
Newspaper association holds AGM
Implementation plan expected
Police commander to speak
RESI opens Central Coast office here
Optus dealer opens
Councillor joins Mission Employment
Money raised for Yarran Centre
Keno win has side-effects
Youth nominations wanted
Cash housie
Mobile counselling service
Clubs urged to consider incorporating
We're dreaming?
Residents oppose aquatic centre
Patonga amenities plans
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Umina businessman dreads going home
Seat removal not warranted
Native plants are a good idea
Thanks for sponsorship
Congratulations on dog census
The hazards of an unplanned future
Embracing a love of writing
Independent ABC is needed
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Science awards
Awards in maths
Sion wins sprint kart title
Chess team plays
Choir performs
Students in maths comp
Danita wins song contest
Art show for Education Week
Auditions held for musical
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New surf club buildings recommended
Bill enters soccer hall of fame
Triples was 'best ever'
Sports clubs urged to look for grants
Sponsored for weightlifting
Bridge at Winter Olympics
Under-11s win rugby match
Graeme wins greenkeepers' singles
Club hosts junior development program
Judo club visits Japan
Kevin and Peter are pairs champions
Hien sets new course record
Luke and Mitchell are junior champs
Athletes reach State championships
Surf club holds presentation night
First locals to win in nine years
Bowlers raise $2250
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Stormy night at Little Theatre
Historian wins painting
Society holds Spring show
Bakehouse Gallery
Barbershop chorus competes
Embroidery workshop held
Artist profile: Ian Davis
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The Peninsula since Federation
Trust always was involved
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Bushwalking for health
Walk from Woy Woy
Counselling for problem gambling
Plant identification walk
Free wildflower walks

Independent ABC is needed

For the last 15 years, the ABC’s independence has steadily lost ground.

However, the severe funding cuts since 1996, the appointment of four cronies of the Prime Minister to its Board, and the appointment of a former Liberal Party staffer without public broadcasting experience as managing director, has certainly accelerated this development.

Scores of quality staff have either been forced out of the ABC in recent months or have left voluntarily.

Our ABC, a public broadcaster of top quality by world standards, the custodian of much of the nation’s best cultural and artistic achievements, a great technological innovator, an incubator of talent often recruited by commercial stations to their advantage and, in particular, the voice of real and informed political scrutiny, is being disembowelled.

There is no clear indication that the ALP would turn the tide.

We have not heard any definitive statement from Mr. Beazley that a huge recovery plan for the ABC is in place should the ALP win the election.

What else can Australians expect from the two-party tyranny?

For the last 15 years, the nation has been subjected to their economic rationalist policies and compliance with globalisation.

This has meant widespread privatisation, the introduction of Competition Policy, and the commercialisation of a host of government services, including universities.

It has also meant a staggering growth in inequality of incomes, the emergence of an underclass, and a widening divide between country and city.

An independent ABC, free to fearlessly question such un-Australian trends, does not accord with global corporate designs.

In contrast, the private sector media have generally gone along with economic rationalist policies and globalisation, their editorial attitudes reflect such values.

Compliance is mostly justified by the claimed "inevitability" of this development.

Inevitable? Not at all.

We need the Independent ABC, in all its dimensions, more than ever to counter the snow job.



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