A trio of Australia's most powerful media executives have warned overly aggressive national security and defamation laws are making it more expensive and riskier for journalists and whistleblowers to expose wrongdoing.
Nine chief executive Hugh Marks said the national security label was being used to avoid scrutiny, and even just regular embarrassment.
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