LINA’s submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communication’s proposed Murdoch media inquiry.
The Standing Committee on Environment and Communications is considering an inquiry into the impact of media concentration in Australia and related areas of regulation and policy. LINA’s submission supports the rationale for an inquiry and, in particular, consideration of barriers faced by small, independent and community news outlets in Australia. LINA draws the Government’s attention to particular aspects of the proposed inquiry, while encouraging the Government to undertake this work concurrently to the NewsMAP and other components of policy work currently in development, which remains urgent and should not be delayed.