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CTC7 News 1974.09.20: abolition of radio and TV licence fees
Title:
CTC7 News 1974.09.20: abolition of radio and TV licence fees
NFSA ID
64393
Year
1974
Courtesy
Southern Cross Austero
In the following clip from CTC 7 News, Canberra of 20 September 1974, journalist Jenny Hill interviews a woman about the cessation of radio and TV licences. The interviewee is outraged at the unfairness in the decision: those who have paid their annual licences were not getting reimbursed, yet those who had not paid or had been issued a summons for non-payment were receiving absolution. She concludes angrily that 'it just doesn’t pay to be honest’.
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