Image: series two of The Toothbrush Family – a gang originated by Marcia Hatfield, OAM.
Weakened by general outrage at the Abbott government, exhausted by the effort to not like Prince Philip’s racist jokes, Australian cultural commentators have missed a diplomatic outrage which cuts to the core of the national audience.
Of course we have a host of respectable people who have some wider connection to the sector. Robert Alston, once a Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts in the Howard Government, and a key player in sector policy from 1996 to 2003 is now an Officer in the General Order. To balance him off, beloved radio journalist Elaine Canty is a Member in the General Division, as much for her many directorships in places like the Melbourne Botanic Gardens as for her historic place as a pioneering female sports broadcaster.
