A layman’s guide to media reform: what you need to know and what happens next

The Federal government last week confirmed the details of its media reform package. With the Bill now before Parliament Nic Christensen looks at the question of what happens next and where the potential landmines for the package are. 

Media reform has been on the agenda for much of the past 12 months but now that we have a bill before Parliament let’s look at the key some issues likely to dominate the headlines in the months to come:

• What’s in the Coalition media reform package? 

There are three parts to the media reform package proposed by Communications Minister Mitch Fifeld last week. Those components are: abolishing the reach rule; the two out of three rule, and the creation of “new and higher” local content protections.

Source: Department of Communications.