My letter sent to gov. representatives...
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Dear fellow representative,
ABC Radio programme "StarStuff" axed - Again!
News has just come to my ears from an ABC source, that the 'only' ABC radio programme devoted to Astronomy and Cosmology education -Stuart Gary's "StarStuff" - has been axed and will finish at months end!
The page for the programme is here:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/starstuff/
StarStuff is an excellent, very, very long-running programme (20 years) with a very large devoted Austalian and international audience that is dedicated to the latest developments in Astronomy and Cosmology - essential listening for anyone interested in Astronomy and Australian science education.
Why has it been axed? To make way for more sport. Yes, you heard it here, a total of 700 hours of sport is broadcast on all the ABC radio and TV channels per week, but it wasn't enough - they needed that extra 1/2 hr!
I cannot believe that the prime minister only last week seemed desperate to promote science education in Australia and yet the media arm of the government is seemingly working against that goal by axing this world class and internationally recognised science program!
I implore you to lobby the ABC management to reverse this 'dumb' decision and restore confidence back to the Australian community that science education in Australia is to be rated higher in importance than topical entertainments.
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The ABC News Radio program "Starstuff" has been an excellent and only Australian radio source of astronomy and science news and events for the past 8 years on radio and more recently via pod-cast.
Unfortunately the management of ABC News Radio canceled the show with just two weeks notice at the end of December 2015. This came despite the considerable national and international popularity and support for the show.
ABC news radio axed Star Stuff so the time slot could be used for a topic with less coverage which is, wait for it ....... sport! It makes no sense!
To add insult to injury the presenter Stuart Gary has seemingly been "gagged" by ABC News Radio management from commenting.
Visit the ABC news radio web site to download the pod-casts of the program and you will see what we all are fighting for.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/starstuff/
Best wishes,
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