Lang Hancock, The Sydney Morning Herald, July 17, 1981, p. 6, as a letter to the editor.

Sir, If Rupert Murdoch wishes to buy a television station and has the money to do so, good luck to him. It is none of my business and none of the Government’s.

If the Government has the taxpayers’ interests at heart, it should sell him the ABC, thus saving the public a lot of money.