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Memo to Hugh Marks: DOGE-like efficiency’s the fix for ABC’s news bias

The new managing director forcing the newsroom to operate as productively as commercial rivals would lead to more stories, more views and more angles.

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The abolition of the ABC is a popular topic among conservative voters.

True, tradies and small business don’t have the time or the interest to fathom what their national broadcaster is talking about, or why it matters. What’s more, people making money do not have time for Groundhog Day broadcasting – the endless repetition of the same story.

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Pru Goward is a former Liberal NSW government minister and sex discrimination commissioner.
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