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Licence fees

Early in the article it is asserted that

"Licence fees however continued to be collected until 1947"

but later

"Licence fees remained until 1973, when they were abolished by the Whitlam Labor government".

To what could the first statement refer ? It cannot refer to broadcast AM radio, as against TV. I know, to my cost, that detection vans were prowling the suburbs for unlicensed radio receivers in the late 1960s, presumably at great expense for little return in the way of fines. Doug butler (talk) 21:48, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

A Trove search reveals that in 1947 the government revealed its intention to raise the annual licence fee from £1 to £1/5/.^[1] After hostile Gallup poll results, the outcome was "no change".^[2] I have removed the assertion. Doug butler (talk) 22:25, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

^ "Bargains in the Air". Warwick Daily News. No. 8642. Queensland, Australia. 15 April 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia. This article implies that each receiver was licensed, when in fact one licence was required per household.
^ "A.B.C. Deficit of £70,000". The West Australian. Vol. 63, no. 18, 974. Western Australia. 8 May 1947. p. 13. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

[1] "Bargains in the Air". Warwick Daily News. No. 8642. Queensland, Australia. 15 April 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia. This article implies that each receiver was licensed, when in fact one licence was required per household.

[2] "A.B.C. Deficit of £70,000". The West Australian. Vol. 63, no. 18, 974. Western Australia. 8 May 1947. p. 13. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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