[jgwil2]

> Perhaps the Government really did come around to the importance of journalism — including that which is critical of the Government — to Australian society?

> There’s one big problem with that hypothesis. If that was the case, then surely the Government would have ensured that funding for media companies would have included the most trusted news brand in Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Company?

> And yet, they excluded it.

This is the first of many articles on this subject I've seen on HN that has mentioned this detail.

[iudqnolq]

The green party insisted they change that months ago [1] and succeeded [2].

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jul/31/google-and-fac...

[2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-55226316