n the corner of Kim Williams’ ABC office, in the sunlit crow’s nest of the public broadcaster’s Ultimo headquarters in Sydney, is a poster of. It has two signatures – Star Wars creator George Lucas , and producer Rick McCallum . It serves as a reminder to Williams that, with considerable persistence, the seemingly impossible can happen.
, for a five-year term early this year. He has spent his time so far speaking to staff in South Australia, Victoria and NSW. Other states will follow soon.not the type of force used by the former treasurer Peter Costello His investment pitch is likely to prove even harder if the Coalition, which reduced funding to the ABC in 2014, wins the next election.But it is an investment, he says, not funding. “Language is terribly important,” he notes.
“Media is immensely, immensely powerful. And the technology companies are fundamentally indifferent to issues like that.”