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BROADCASTING REFORM

Dave Robinson’s letter (July 16) highlights the current differences between state broadcasters in Australia and New Zealand.

The “rot” for state broadcasting here set in in 1989 with the advent of market forces and the need to “deliver the audience to the advertiser”.

Later, the

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