AAP – The Labor-controlled Senate committee that conducted a lightning inquiry into the media draft laws says newspaper critics of the bills are being hysterical. Numerous examples of media wrongdoing, such as the exposure of a minister of the Crown’s homosexuality, demonstrated exactly why regulation of the news media was warranted, the committee said. Its report, tabled in the Senate by chairman Doug Cameron shortly before debate began on two of the government’s six media bills, noted that Britain had agreed on a similar new system of press regulation, including creation of a new regulator. The committee said no allegations of criminal misconduct had been levelled at the Australian media. Read Article
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