Tag: Media Control

Scott Morrison

Morrison defends secret G7 side trip to delve into family history

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It has emerged that Mr Morrison – who sparked outrage on social media last week for visits to several Cornish pubs while in Britain – also ducked off to explore his convict roots. The extracurricular journeys all came despite the PM repeatedly publicly arguing that Britain remains too risky a destination for Australian travellers. Last Sunday’s trip to a village about 45 minutes away from the G7 summit in Carbis Bay was never disclosed to the media, despite being on Mr Morrison’s agenda for a fortnight

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Intervene: How the Government can secure media diversity

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IN RECENT MONTHS, many questions have been raised over the degree of influence Australia’s media corporations are having on the day-to-day lives of Australians.

The latest Federal Election makes it clear that Rupert Murdoch remains powerful.

He and his News Corp entities have had an enormous grip on much of the news media, particularly in print and online formats, which we consume daily.

When joined by Australia’s television juggernauts Seven, Ten, Nine and Win, and radio broadcasting giant Macquarie group, it becomes increasingly alarming as to the lack of diversity displayed across Australia’s media landscape.

Intervene: How the Government can secure media diversity

 

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Factchecking Coalition claims: is Labor going after Mum and Dad’s savings? | Katharine Murphy | Australia news | The Guardian

 

Scott Morrison

 

In its rush to paint Labor as wild-eyed tax-and-spend merchants … the Coalition is deliberately over-egging the impact

via Factchecking Coalition claims: is Labor going after Mum and Dad’s savings? | Katharine Murphy | Australia news | The Guardian