following a policy hiatus of some 4 years, the pmg's department broadcast planners set out from 1930 to quench the demand for new services wherever frequencies were available. the timing was perfect as australia began to emerge from the great depression and businesses with capital reserves and foresight or simply an enthusiasm for wireless broadcasting, presented their applications for a licence and declared their capabilities. the number of new services bought to air laid the framework of australian broadcasting for the next 50 years. not until the implementation of the various fm radio schemes in the 1990s and 2000s would australia see as many new services. in terms of proportionate growth, it was unequalled.