Peter Dutton says it is against the law for journalists to have leaked secret documents. Photo: AAP/Dan Peled

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Dutton rejects calls to drop media leaks cases

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has rejected calls to drop legal action against journalists targeted in recent police raids.

Media and marketing

News Corp’s latest SA cut

News Corp insists it “remains firmly committed to the people and issues of South Australia”, despite axing the sole remaining reporter in the local bureau of its national broadsheet, The Australian.

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ABC, News Corp challenge AFP raid warrants

News Corp says it intends to mount a legal challenge over an Australian Federal Police raid on a journalist’s home, as the ABC launches legal action over the police raid on its Sydney headquarters.

 

Local

Your rates are paying News Corp $400k a year – by law

The local government sector is pushing to change an “outdated” state law that sees Adelaide ratepayers pay Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation millions of dollars in compulsory advertising, in a new blow to the media company’s ailing suburban newspaper stable.

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Dutton defends penalties for media over leaks

Peter Dutton has stressed there’s nothing new about the idea that a journalist can go to jail for publishing top secret government documents, saying the suggestion there should be no penalty goes against “tradition”.