Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will call for an overhaul in hotel quarantine arrangements at the next meeting of National Cabinet (AAP Image/Darren England)

News

What we know today, Thursday January 14

Today’s breaking news from South Australia, the nation and abroad. The Queensland Government is seeking a national quarantine overhaul, and has suggested moving returned international travellers from CBD medi-hotels to disused, regional mining camps.  

National

$10m fines in new digital media payment legislation

Google and Facebook face $10 million fines if they don’t follow the rules of Australia’s proposed media code to ensure they pay for news.

News

Murdoch media to be focus of parliamentary inquiry

The impact of media concentration on Australian democracy is set to be explored in a new Senate inquiry approved days after a petition by former prime minister Kevin Rudd calling for a royal commission into Rupert Murdoch’s media empire – signed by half a million people – was tabled in parliament.

Media and marketing

Murdoch media royal commission petition presented to parliament

A record-breaking petition calling for a royal commission into the Murdoch media empire has been presented to federal parliament, with two former prime ministers saying Australia is on the US path to division unless it checks hyper-partisanship in the media.

Opinion

Murdoch’s power: how it works and how it debases Australia

SPECIAL REPORT: Media power prowls in the dark but its presence, its threat, its strength isn’t hidden. It’s there to see in fawning politicians and public officials.