Sarah Hanson-Young: โToday I introduced a Greens bill to establish a Royal Commission into the Murdoch media empire and the state of media diversity in Australia."
Malcolm Turnbull says @guardian is one of the world's great newspapers. @GuardianAus is a "left-ish newspaper" and is unlikely to urge a vote for a conservative party but they "donโt make stuff up, they check facts and theyโre a professional outfit".
Australia Day: Rosie Batty slams Australia Day award winner Bettina Arndt.
โFormer Australian of the Year Rosie Batty has also criticised the award and claims it throws the entire Australia Day and honours awards system into question.โ
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ABC chief David Anderson is up at senate estimates: He defends Louise Milligan and says the ABCโs role is to "hold publicly elected people and government generally, state or federal, to account, without fear or favour, regardless of which political party is in power".
From the family of Ash Good: "Overnight we have been shocked by some media publications reproducing photographs of Ashlee, her partner and our baby girl without our consent. It has caused extreme distress amongst Ashleeโs loved ones and we request that the photos be taken down."