Completely anecdotal (of course, of course) but a little bird told me of a document that sits in someone's bottom draw labelled ABC Neutralisation - 10 Year Plan. It's amazing the people you get know when you live in Canberra. Anyway, conspiracy theories are unnecessary. Actions speak louder than any slip of the tongue. (not) Tim -----Original Message----- From: Trudy & Rod Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: RecOzNet2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, November 24, 2000 7:02 AM Subject: [recoznet2] Hmmmmm ... >ABC group sticks to its guns over Alston quote > >Source: SMH|Published: Saturday November 25, 4:12 AM > >An ABC support group is standing by its claim that Communication >Minister Richard Alston has vowed to destroy the national >broadcaster. > >But the minister's office is equally adamant Senator Alston has been >taken out of context. > >The Friends of the ABC allege Senator Alston responded to the question >"When are you going to stop destroying the ABC?" with a >threat. > >They say he said: "What? We haven't even started yet. We've got long way >to go." > >Senator Alston's office has maintained the Minister's actual words, >spoken outside a function in Melbourne yesterday, were: "What? We >haven't started." - meaning he had not started to destroy the national >broadcaster. > >And his spokesman says the comment about having a long way to go was in >response to another question. > >But Friends of the ABC campaign manager Glenys Stradijot says there's no >way the 25 members who were waiting for Senator Alston >outside a breakfast function at the Royal South Yarra Tennis club >yesterday, had misunderstood him. > >Both Ms Stradijot and Senator Alston have offered to sign affidavits to >attest the accuracy of their comments. > >AAP >-- >********************************** >'Click' to protect the rainforest: >Make the Rainforest Site your homepage! >http://www.therainforestsite.com/ >********************************** >------------------------------------------------------ >RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ >To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body >of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce >This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the >copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair >use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without >permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." > >RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/ ------------------------------------------------------ RecOzNet2 has a page @ http://www.green.net.au/recoznet2 and is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/ To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], and in the body of the message, include the words: unsubscribe announce or click here mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20announce This posting is provided to the individual members of this group without permission from the copyright owner for purposes of criticism, comment, scholarship and research under the "fair use" provisions of the Federal copyright laws and it may not be distributed further without permission of the copyright owner, except for "fair use." RecOzNet2 is archived for members @ http://www.mail-archive.com/recoznet2%40paradigm4.com.au/
