Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to the 2012 Finkelstein report recommendations:

… one area that requires especially careful monitoring is the adequacy of news services in regional areas. There is some evidence that both regional radio and television stations and newspapers have cut back substantially on their news gathering, leaving some communities poorly served for local news. This may require particular support in the immediate future, and I recommend that this issue be investigated by the government as a matter of some urgency.

Minister, how do your media laws actually address that recommendation?