Today, New Matilda published another story in our series on James Packer casino deal. This one explains how casino regulation works in NSW and how O’Farrell’s plan to “get on with it” removes a lot of safeguards put in place … Continue reading
There is debate about whether we should have an Australian inquiry into the media and in particular News Ltd which controls 70% of our print media and chunks of our sport and TV industries. I would have thought with arrests … Continue reading
Why does Australia have such a concentrated media and such a weak system of self-regulation for media owners? To help make sense of all this, I made a brief timeline of media regulation in Australia. You can find it here … Continue reading
Today I published a piece on News Corporation, phone hacking and implications for Australia. I was surprised by how easily commentators and reporters in Australia were prepared to accept that the key issue for us is whether phone hacking actually … Continue reading