New chair Kim Williams says ABC should be ‘last broadcaster standing’ and News Corp’s criticism is ‘unbalanced’

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Kim Williams, the current chair of the ABC, wants the organisation to be the last broadcaster standing" and one of his first acts has been to reverse the board's decision to start reducing the corporation's radio networks.

It is not available to the ABC to simply withdraw a variety of broadcast services, like for example Radio National or ABC Classic or Triple J," Williams told Guardian Australia. They are part of our responsibility."

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