Having achieved exactly the outcome they wanted, the free-to-air stations are free to decide just how much of the license fee rebate they will use to buy more first run classy Australian drama, documentaries and children’s television. As the dust of battle clears, Dr O’D is just as free to pick through the evidence which the networks provided to the Convergence Review in the first place.
‘To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.’
