SYDNEY—Newspaper front pages across Australia were blacked out Monday, as the country’s biggest media companies are calling on Canberra to enshrine press freedoms and protect whistleblowers. The heavily redacted front pages of major daily newspapers including The Australian Financial Review and The Australian carried statements such as: “Jail terms for journalists and whistleblowers. It couldn’t happen in Australia? It’s happening now.” and “When the government starts hiding the truth from Australians what are they covering...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 21, 2019 03:45 UTC