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It seems obvious that people in power and leadership new these facts, why was the public not made aware of such political and business moves been made behind the scenes?
I mean surely not all people who knew this information were on the Murdoch side, so why not let the public know the dirty tactics used or at least point the public where to look.
To me it seems politicians were keeping this information to themselves only in the hopes of using it as leverage to further their own personal political careers rather than actually caring for the future of Australia.

aren't "digital letters" just emails?

you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

I do actually he was an ok average nondescript kind of guy.

Thanks for this answer and confirm.
In the last few years here in Australia, a reporter discovered exactly this.
That school-aged children are been made to work on the pretense that they are been home-schooled.
The segment was shown by a show called Today tonight (mostly known for sensationalism) so many people falsely dismissed it as bogus. here is one of the shows