Original article by Dominic White
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 18-Jan-16

The issue of local news coverage by regional TV broadcasters is under scrutiny as the Australian Governments prepares to pursue changes to cross-media ownership laws. WIN Corporation and Prime Media Group generally exceed their local content requirements, but the National Party has proposed that the regional broadcasters be subject to new requirements regarding local content in return for the abolition of the "reach rule".

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NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, PRIME MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX PRT, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, SMI MEDIA INCORPORATED, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY