This is a transcript of PM broadcast at 1800 AEST on local radio.
Politicians alternately love and loathe the national broadcaster.
But today it seems the normal reluctance to get involved in the day to day management of Aunty is being thrown out of the window, as pollies of all persuasions express shock at the decision to call in the Federal Police. Shane McLeod in Canberra. Kim Beazley and Jeff Kennett are just two politicians who've found reason to criticise the ABC over the years. I believe it's Sydney-centric, which I don't think's a good thing for the ABC, and I don't think it's a good thing for the rest of the community. De-Anne Kelly is the National Party's member for Dawson, and is bewildered by the calling in of the Federal Police to investigate the ABC leak.