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New public interest test just one part of Greens’ wide-ranging media reforms

The Greens have unveiled a media reform package to consider the break up of big media corporations including News Corp and Nine, a crack down on “fake news” on social media, and extending tax deductibility status for media subscriptions.

"No plans" for pay-per-view Peppa

The minister who oversees the ABC and SBS has no plan to charge parents for access to children’s shows such as Peppa Pig on iview.

Senator Nick Xenophon. Photo: AAP

Xenophon defends media reform deal

The Turnbull Government’s media ownership deregulation bill is set to pass the Senate this afternoon, including a $60 million fund negotiated by Nick Xenophon to allay concerns the new laws will allow large media companies to dominate markets like Adelaide.

SA will become "Soviet state" if Xenophon media deal goes through: Labor

Nick Xenophon says he’s seen “no suggestion” a proposed takeover bid of Network Ten by media magnates Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon would see its South Australian newsroom shut down, as Labor today claimed Adelaide would become a “one media voice town” if the SA senator gets his way.

Xenophon rejects Hanson's anti-ABC media deal

The Turnbull Government may have won the support of One Nation for its media ownership reforms but it faces a struggle to convince other crucial Senate crossbenchers.

Network Ten machinations about media power, not economics

The future of Network Ten is not primarily about business or economics. It is primarily about power. Yet the formal processes the network’s proposed sale has to go through take no account of this reality, argues Denis Muller.

Murdoch and Gordon flag takeover of Ten

Ten Network’s billionaire shareholders Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon have signalled their intention to take over the besieged network, seeking a review of a joint bid from the competition regulator.

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Fresh push to shake up media ownership laws

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Labor resists reform push by big media

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