Australian Broadcasting Corporation staff walked off the job, forcing the national broadcaster to replace flagship programs like 7.30 and AM with BBC content.
The Guardian reports the industrial action has disrupted core news programming, with British content filling gaps where Australian journalism should be.
Mate, when your public broadcaster imports content from the old colonial power because you've starved it of resources, something's gone badly wrong.
The strike centers on pay and conditions, but the underlying issue is the ABC's chronic underfunding. Years of budget cuts have left it struggling while dealing with inflation. Staff wages have fallen behind, making it harder to retain journalists. One area hit hard is Pacific coverage - at a time when China expands influence and climate threatens island nations, Australians get less information about their own region.
