MEDIA: The facts behind the 1949 coal strike
ABC television’s recent docu-drama, Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley’s Battle for Coal (screened on November 6, 2008), failed to do justice to the events surrounding the great coal strike of 1949. Peter Westmore reports. A Film Australia production, Infamous Victory: Ben Chifley’s Battle for Coal, was recently screened on ABC1 (November 6, 2008). Tony Barry as Prime…