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We’re dealing away our media diversity
As far as photo-ops go, this one was a doozy.
The year was 2017.
The place: Parliament House in Canberra.
Then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and then-communications minister Mitch Fifield were all smiles, flanked by a veritable who’s who of Australian media executives, in a show of support for…
- Michelle Rowland
- The Canberra Times
With typical inflated conceit, Turnbull’s media release heralded “A new era for Australia’s media”, claiming that “the government is strengthening Australia’s media industry…
Flash forward to today, and reality reports a different story.
Over 200 newspapers have closed and…