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Victorian Chair of Australian Writers Guild on a platform of strong lobbying for local industry. He also began his parallel career as a public speaker and theorist on media and film policy issues, lecturing widely in the United Kingdom and
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ABC Charter produced by the ABC Board. He has continued to present papers and publish widely on Public
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