Minister applauds Fairfax-Nine merger, while ACCC flags review

Federal communication minister Mitch Fifield has lauded the proposed Nine-Fairfax merger as vindicating last year’s media reforms while the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission expects to carry out 12 week public review of the deal, the regulator has announced.

“What this proposition from Nine and Fairfax demonstrates is that our changes to media law are giving the opportunity for Australian media organisations to look at how they can make themselves the strongest they can be,” Fifield said at a media conference.

Federal communications minister Mitch Fifield: “We want to see Australian media still tell Australian stories in Australian voices”