Sydney — Australia’s national broadcaster and two biggest newspaper publishers called on the government on Wednesday to protect media freedom, declaring media laws outdated, inconsistent and used by the powerful to keep embarrassing information secret.
The state-funded Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC), News Corp’s Australian arm, and broadcaster and newspaper publisher Nine Entertainment made the demand after a series of police raids, adverse court rulings and criminal prosecutions of journalists...
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