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I saw an earlier post in which some hansard questions were put to the ABC about StarStuff in senate estimates by Senator Michael Ronaldson a few years ago.
The response provided by the ABC at that time, failed to honestly answer the questions put by the Senator.
The answers given by the ABC to the communications minister about StarStuff has again failed to provide the whole truth, as demonstrated by some of the points provided thanks to Les and his sources which were posted previously in this forum.
Well Senate Estimates is on again in October and the ABC will be there cap in hand telling our elected officials what a great job it's doing serving the needs of all Australians (except for those who love astronomy, but don’t have access to a computer.)
May I respectfully suggest that if a forum moderator has the time, all the material posted about StarStuff in the IceInSpace forum be forwarded to the good Senator in the hope that he may decide to force the ABC to provide the whole truth rather than just the bits that don’t make it look bad.
I just happen to have his e-mail address handy.
senator.ronaldson@aph.gov.au
The bottom line is complaining to the ABC, all the letters, the e-mails and the calls didn’t bring StarStuff back. NewsRadio manager Helen Thomas, Head of National Networks Margaret Cassidy and head of Radio Sue Howard simply stonewalled. If they wont bring the program back to NewsRadio or alternatively somewhere like Radio National as previously suggested, then they need to be made publicly accountable for their actions and personally appear before Senate Estimates to answer a few questions about how they’re spending my hard earned money.
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