Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Thursday she has been "shocked and disgusted" by the scandal engulfing News Corp. (NWS) in the U.K and indicated that it could trigger a wider review of the media in the country.

"I will be happy to sit down with parliamentarians and discuss that review that people are obviously contemplating," said Gillard in a press conference after a speech given at the National Press Club in Canberra.

There is a review of electronic media convergence already underway, though print media isn't covered by this review, said Gillard. Australia's Greens party leader Bob Brown called again Thursday for a wide-ranging review of the media.

A spokesman for News Corp.'s Australian unit in Sydney declined to comment.

-by Ray Brindal, Dow Jones Newswires; 612 62080902; ray.brindal@dowjones.com

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