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"MEAA believes such severe cuts would have a direct impact on vital, unique services that only the ABC can provide." And where does the MEAA get such a belief when the published information on the Lewis review talks specifically about "back-office" functions such as payroll. Hardly " vital, unique services that only the ABC can provide". This wouldn't be a scare campaign by the MEAA to keep the excessive number of journalists employed by the ABC in their jobs at the expense of other legitimate Charter responsibilities would it? Surely not!!