Government's media reform plan rejected by key stakeholders

Harley Dennett
Updated November 27 2020 - 8:16pm, first published 4:42pm
Communications Minister Paul Fletcher. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Communications Minister Paul Fletcher. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

The federal government's latest media reform pitch has failed to win over key players in the industry, with regional media companies giving it a thumbs down at the first showing.

Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.