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Australian ex-PM Rudd calls for inquiry into Murdoch media dominance

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Melbourne, Australia Reuters Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called for a major government inquiry into the tight ownership of Australian media by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, securing more than 46,000 signatures on a petition after just two days. Rudd, who was Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010 and briefly in 2013, filed a […]

Updated: Australian newspapers unite in protest against media restrictions

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Last updated: 10.20am Sydney, Australia Reuters Australia’s biggest newspapers ran front pages on Monday made up to appear heavily redacted to protest against recent legislation that restricts press freedoms, a rare show of unity by the usually tribal media industry. The protest was designed to put public pressure on the government to exempt journalists from […]