A former Australian prime minister’s petition calling for a royal commission into the Murdoch media has reached a historic high of almost half a million signatures. “Murdoch has become a cancer – an arrogant cancer on our democracy,” Rudd, the 26th prime minister, said when he launched the petition last month. An inquiry into Murdoch’s dominance in the country would “maximise media diversity ownership for the future lifeblood of our democratic system”. Without the support of either the Liberal-National Coalition or the Australian Labor Party, the petition has no political force behind it. Minor party the Greens has not come out in support either, and Rudd called them out on social media for going soft on Murdoch.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2020 08:56 UTC