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Greens call to give media regulators sharper teeth

Max Mason
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The Greens want to beef up the powers of the media regulator, including penalties for breaching new broader community standards, such as bringing neo-Nazis and far-right extremists on to broadcasts.

In a broad range of media policies the federal Greens will take to the next election, the minor party is calling for the Australian Communications and Media Authority to be given broader powers to take action and create a media regulation framework which is technology neutral.

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Max Mason covers insolvency, courts, financial crime, cybercrime and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max’s journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max.mason@afr.com

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