New York (CNN Business) The biggest news outlets in Australia, normally fierce rivals, are uniting in support of press freedom with a campaign including blacked-out newspaper front pages and slots on prime time broadcasts. The newspapers and networks are trying to "to highlight the constraints on media organizations under strict national security legislation," Australia's ABC network reported. The news outlets have joined forces through a coalition known as the "Right to Know." Australia's leading newspapers blacked out front pages seen on a newsstand in Sydney on October 21, 2019. Monday's edition of the Herald Sun , part of the News Corp Australia Network, asked, "When government keeps the truth from you, what are they covering up?"

Source: CNN October 21, 2019 04:41 UTC