Malcolm Turnbull fronts senate hearing to denounce News Corp

April 12, 2021 5:54

Round three of the public hearings into media diversity in Australia saw former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull front the senate committee along with Facebook and senior media executives from Prime, Private Media and WIN.

Giving evidence by video link, Turnbull told the senators of the Environment and Communications References Committee that News Corp had developed an unhealthy level of political influence in Australia.

“News Corp now is like a political party, but with just one member, or one family of members and that is an absolute threat to our democracy,” Turnbull told the senators.

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Olivia Kruimel

Olivia Kruimel was the managing editor at Mumbrella. She has more than 15 years of experience in journalism, communications and marketing. Her journalism career began at Fairfax Media (now part of Nine) and includes various B2B publications such as B&T, Travel Today and ALB. As a marketer Olivia has worked for Standard Chartered and various global law firms.