Instead of a serious public debate about the future of the corporation, change will be the preserve of the executives and board with licence fee payers, staff and other stakeholders "locked out" of the process.
With knowledgeable and enthusiastic staff on board, a licence in place and sources for the data feeds acquired, Backstage was ready for launch.
The distributors say they are being unfairly blamed for the addiction epidemic and that no action has been taken against them by West Virginia's pharmacy board, which licences drug wholesalers.
Jean holds González Nova responsible because he was the boat's owner, and, she said, the only person on board with a licence to drive it.
She said the government had scrapped a requirement for the board to represent licence fee payers because the BBC should "prioritise the public good".
Nitschke had lobbied for his appeal to be heard in the Northern Territory – arguably the Australian region most supportive of right-to-die legislation – after the South Australian branch of the medical board stripped his licence in July in a midnight meeting.
To get a better idea of the situation I spoke to Alan Miller, chairman of The Night Time Industries Association, an organisation set up to represent hundreds of venues, promoters, food stalls and festivals; not only to defend them against the pressures of licence boards and legislation, but also to promote their value and importance to British culture.
"There was concern for having a specific remit in the board to represent the licence fee payer [because] the licence fee payer may not want what is in the public good," Bradley told peers.
Haye is not currently answerable to the Board, having relinquished his licence in October when he officially retired.
