Source document: https://docs-lawep.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/1697632473209.pdf (Australia)
Name: Francis Flannery Submission: Apart from any person monopolising our largest sources of information, which must ( MUST) be reliable, broadranging and unbiased, our news needs to return to it's original form.

Currently our tv and print news is too often a platform for selling.

Selling of a Political Party or Politician.

A story about a company or product that is paid advertising.

International news has all but disappeared except for natural disasters.
( even then it depends on the country of origin.)

Time to remove commercials from the news broadcast.

We need to make the News a privlilege to report again.

Not a right.

There needs to be consequences for using this Privileged Position to spread lies or misinformation.

I suggest that you legislate that all News Media must apply for a licence to deliver the News.

As part of that licence they agree to transmit percentages of international news, Australian news and State news and weather.
Sport is to be made seperate Should any News breach a strict code of conduct by ; Current practises that dramatise or sensationalise an event, State a lie without correcting it at every bulluten for a day.

Not give equal time to EVERY candidate running in elections.

Insert commentary in a news story.

Their licence to broadcast news can be suspended for a day.

For multiple offences licences can be suspended for longer that the one day minimum and revoked if necessary.
Time to take back our News and make it serve the people with reliable, honest accounting of the day's events.

Also to deliver us the best information for us make informed choices.

Thankyou for your time.

Francis Flannery.

Media diversity in AustraliaSubmission 2298