Image: mothballed shortwave antennae at Braddon, Queensland, as shot by enthusiast Rob Wagner.
Why is Richard Finlayson leaving? He won’t say and nobody else can really know. The press release is a masterpiece in bland.
Finlayson has given no impression that he is tired of the ABC. Indeed, his particular brand of slightly folksy confidence backed by a solid understanding of the television landscape would be valuable in the current context.