Australia’s news industry is highly concentrated, with 84% of newspaper revenue going to one of four large conglomerates. This paper notes that hundreds of news outlets have been shut down in the last five years, with the worst impacts in regional areas. Australia-wide the newspaper industry is shrinking in its output and diversity and this...

The Centre for Media Transition’s regional news project started in late November 2017 and since then, the state of regional news media has become a more pressing issue.

In theory the media should diversify a nation’s democracy, serving as a channel through which many different groups can participate in national debate. Yet with the high levels of media concentration in Australia, are we hearing the voices of the many or simply the few? CPD Researcher & intern Rob Harding-Smith submitted this report as...

Introduction A creeping authoritarianism and a pronounced lack of diversity are making their impact felt on Australia’s already fragile media landscape. Despite Australia’s traditions of freedom and its status as a long-time liberal democracy, its ranking in terms of press freedom has fallen below that of many newer democracies. In an international survey by Freedom...