It's hard to believe, but it looks like the Turnbull government is going to get away with its $30 million backhander to Rupert Murdoch.

I know life comes at you fast these days, but it seems odd that the story of the undocumented grant to Foxtel is going to recede into the fog of winter.

That would be a shame. So let's remind ourselves of this delicious little scandal before it disappears down the memory hole forever.

Less than two weeks ago, the ABC made an FOI application for documents relating to a $30 million grant to the pay TV business owned by Telstra and News Corp.