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Forget calls for a royal commission into Australia's big media players – this is the inquiry we really need

  • Written by: Andrew Podger, Honorary Professor of Public Policy, Australian National University
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The deeply partisan report of the Senate Inquiry into Media Diversity, tabled on December 9, is a disappointment.

The main report by the Greens and Labor endorsed the campaign by former prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull for a royal commission into media diversity and ownership, which they want to examine the influence of...

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