Currently, there are five numerical tests that form the basis of Australia’s media control rules, which are set out in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992.

The Government has announced the most significant reforms to Australian media regulation in a generation, focusing on the control and ownership of Australia’s traditional media outlets and the provision of local television content in regional Australia.

This chronology traces the story of media ownership concentration and control since 1901 and the government policies and regulations that have responded to, or attempted to pre-empt, the trend towards concentration that has occurred since the 1920s.

A diverse, independent media is seen as central to a functioning democracy, yet Australia now has one of the most concentrated media environments in the Western world. The author asks how we got here in the first place and whether it even matters now that we're all online.

This study identifies the most urgent problems facing media policy in Greece and how they affect independent journalism. These problems are prioritised by their relationship to European-level policy activity and to OSF concerns.