What next for Kevin Rudd’s Murdoch royal commission push? - Sydney Morning Herald
Article published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 11 August 2022. Written by
The former Labor leader has set a longer-term goal of convincing party members to back the issue at the ALP’s next national conference, which is held every three years to help shape Labor’s platform for the federal election.
“The next big step in this process is for the next National Conference to consider the question of media diversity, concentration of media power and a royal commission,” he said in a statement.
“Politicians can’t resolve this market failure on their own, because they are simply too vulnerable to Murdoch’s power. Until we have a fully empowered royal commission to break the cycle of policy failure, the media industry will continue to shrink, journalists will continue to lose their jobs, and our democracy will be more vulnerable to misinformation.”
News Corp did not respond to a request for comment.