The Coalition has written to major television broadcasters after Peter Dutton’s surprise attack on wagering advertising – a lucrative source of revenue – to offer an olive branch in the form of tax cuts.
David Coleman, the Coalition’s communications spokesman, said if elected, his party would remove the commercial broadcasting tax – the levy the broadcasters pay as part of their transmitter licence.
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Sam Buckingham-Jones is the media and marketing reporter at The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Sam on Twitter.
Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com
