Steven Barnett

It's another reason for questioning the judgment of Murdoch himself, because he must surely appreciate the political embarrassment caused at the time by her and those close to her.

There's no question that the BBC will have less funding after the end of next year. My suspicion is it (the licence fee) will be frozen again, which means in effect a reduction.

Almost all of the problems come down to money, which is why this federal approach is likely to work, but the big challenges will be developing the workforce and creating the infrastructure to support them.

Without this, I don't think we would have universal pre-K in this century.

All universal pre-K programs are voluntary.

What the impartiality rules do is ensure you can not have the kind of shock jock culture — [ a ] far right, or indeed far left, one-sided interpretation of events.

The events... have been the ultimate demonstration of what can happen when those fundamental pillars of democracy break down : accurate information [ and ] fair information.

I will make a prediction that within a year we will see a concerted attack within the James Murdoch press on Fox News Ofcom.