Australia's PM To Discuss Media Review Amid News Corp Scandal
14 July 2011 - 2:02PM
Dow Jones News
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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