John Williams (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will contribute to this debate on the motion moved by Senator O'Neill about questions in relation to the ABC. There has certainly been a domestic in the ABC. I have been a big fan of the ABC for decades, from back in the sixties, when television first started in the country town where I lived, Jamestown, South Australia—Senator Ruston would be familiar with the spot. The only channel you could get a decent weather report on was the ABC, and nothing changed for many, many years. The seven o'clock news at night gave the clearest weather report, whether it be graziers alerts, rain on the way, dry weather, harvest time—you name it.