The BBC lost more £1.1billion last year as a one in eight households refused to pay the licence fee. While 3.6million households simply said they did not want to use the BBC's services.
The indie scene was once built on a siege mentality. But when film music has overtaken everything, does holding out for principles hold any meaning?
It was very much a “home ground” event on Wednesday this week when Hugh Marks addressed the National Press Club in Canberra for the first time as managing direc­tor and editor-in-chief of the ABC.