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Former PM Claims News Corp Is Australia’s Most Powerful Political Actor
Turnbull alleged that the media giant was the most powerful political actor in the country.
“The most powerful political actor in Australia is not the Liberal Party or the National Party or the Labor Party; it is News Corporation,” Turnbull said. “And it is utterly unaccountable. It is controlled by an American family, and their interests are no longer, if they ever were, coextensive with our own.”
News Corp owns many Australian newspapers, including The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Advertiser, Sky News Australia, and online outlet news.com.au.