March of the Moguls: It’s official – some actual deep media experience left in Parliament

Scott Ludlum and Paul Fletcher will at least provide some sector experience in Parliament, though they are poles apart.
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Senator Scott Ludlum will continue to bring his knowledge of screen media to the Parliament. In this case, it was empty. 

You can be to the far right of Genghis Khan and still welcome the re-election of Green Senator Scott Ludlam to the Australian Parliament in Saturday’s re-run of the Western Australian senate election.

Of the 226 members and senators in the two houses of parliament, liberally drawn from the ranks of lawyers and union functionaries, Ludlam is a rare commodity for the screen and media industries– the creative industries: he has taken the time to know a lot about how the industries function and, for a long time, has steered his party’s support for their interests.

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Dr Vincent O`Donnell
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Dr Vincent O`Donnell is a historian who produces `Arts Alive`, the national arts and culture current affairs radio program, an honorary fellow of RMIT University School of Media & Communication, and the University of Melbourne`s School of Historical and Philosophical Studies.