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All Australians should be concerned about Government attempts to control the media

By Malcolm Cole, Director

Last week my colleague Stephanie Lim wrote a blog post on the illusion of free speech in her native Singapore, where the media is heavily controlled by the Government – through ownership and regulation.  You can read her article here if you didn’t see it.

This week, Australia’s Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has delivered a frightening plan for unprecedented Government regulation of the media landscape in this country.