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Inquiry finds Australia's media landscape should be overhauled

08:57 am on 13 December 2021

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A 13-month-long Senate inquiry into Australia's media landscape has found the existing regulation isn't fit for purpose, and requires an overhaul.

The inquiry was set up a year ago, after former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched a petition for a Royal Commission investigation into Rupert Murdoch's media empire.

While that call is echoed in the report, it's not universally supported.

RNZ's Canberra correspondent Kerry Anne Walsh spoke to Susie Ferguson.