PRESS AND POLITICS – VICTORIA

Sky ban like a Soviet gag: Fifield

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Original article by Samantha Hutchinson
The Australian – Page: 4 : 17-Aug-18

The Victorian Government’s decision to ban Sky News content from video screens on Melbourne train station platforms has been criticised by Communications Minister Mitch Fifield. Fifield has likened the state’s ban to the censorship policies of the Soviet Union, and says it undermines media reforms which are aimed at ensuring the viability of Australia’s media industry. The ban was imposed in response to a Sky News interview with far-right extremist Blair Cottrell, which Sky claims was not broadcast on train station platforms.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, SKY NEWS, VICTORIA. DEPT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOBS, TRANSPORT AND RESOURCES, METRO TRAINS MELBOURNE PTY LTD, TRANSPORT FOR VICTORIA, PUBLIC TRANSPORT VICTORIA (PTV)

Minister flip-flops over Sky News ban

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Original article by Samantha Hutchinson, David King
The Australian – Page: 3 : 14-Aug-18

The Victorian Government continues to attract scrutiny over its decision to ban Sky News content from metropolitan train station platforms. Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan says a controversial interview with right-wing extremist Blair Cottrell prompted a surge in complaints from commuters, although Sky News maintains that the interview was not broadcast on train platforms. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Allan says Sky News programming was removed as part of the government’s review of all content that is shown on the rail network.

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SKY NEWS, VICTORIA. DEPT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOBS, TRANSPORT AND RESOURCES, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, ANTI-DEFAMATION COMMISSION

Prosecutions office may have left itself vulnerable

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Original article by Josh Gordon
The Age – Page: 4 : 15-Jan-15

The Victorian Office of Public Prosecutions has decided not to recommend charges over a stolen dictaphone, which featured in a political scandal. The device was reported as lost by a Fairfax Media journalist at the Australian Labor Party’s state conference in May 2014 in Melbourne. Kosmos Samaras, assistant state secretary of the Victorian branch of the party, told the police that he took the device from a lost-property box and downloaded audio files from the dictaphone, which he later destroyed

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FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA. OFFICE OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, VICTORIA POLICE