Australia has one of the highest levels of media ownership concentration in the democratic world, largely dominated by News Corp. Former Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull have both called for a Royal Commission—a major public inquiry with judicial powers—to investigate whether this power imbalance harms political neutrality and hinders climate policy. Proponents argue a commission is necessary to save diverse journalism from a monopoly that acts like a political party. Opponents argue it is a partisan attack on free speech and punishes a private business simply for being successful.
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It's not just Murdoch, It's Nine, Seven, and occasionally the ABC. it's all over-sensationalised and designed for 'clicks and eyeballs', and very often either wrong or misleading.
We need truth in political advertising, which media should be forced to also maintain, and vet, preventing lies and disinformation being broadcast or published.
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