To fully understand this, it would be a good idea to understand the degree of influence that the Murdoch media has on the Australian landscape. Murdoch media o

To fully understand this, it would be a good idea to understand the degree of influence that the Murdoch media has on the Australian landscape. Murdoch media owns the vast majority of newspapers across Australia and is also more or less the only cable TV provider in Australia. A good highlight of the power the Murdoch press has over Australia would be to look at the fact that the vast majority of journalists who work in the Canberra press gallery (parliamentary journalists), work for The Australian or other Murdoch entities, and have such a stranglehold on political journalism that it is a commonly accepted truth in Australian journalism that "if you want to know tomorrows news, read The Australian today." The real kicker is that the Murdoch presses political biases are not subtle or secret, they are about as overt and blatant as you can possibly get with The Australian frequently running full front-page articles trashing one political party (Labor, the "left" leaning party) and heaping praise on the other (Liberal/National, the "right" leaning party). With all of that context, the bill suddenly takes on a slightly more sinister tone when you realise that it is more or less designed to benefit one man and his media empire.