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Old 05-13-2010, 11:50 PM
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.. the IOC insisted television be available for the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne.)

Colour came to Australia as a result of the Labor government's electoral promises in the 1972 election.
These salient facts enhance my suspicion that the Liberal Party was cozy - and accomodating - with old guard "captains of industry" ...AM radio (resisting FM), movie theatre chains, later B&W television (a triopoly in capital cities) resisting color, cable (Labor Party also kept them safe from Cable competition)
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