ALP national president Wayne Swan has criticised Murdoch media saying the global news enterprise acts as “an additional political party hiding behind the pretence of objectivity and public interest”.
The criticism comes after a Daily Telegraph story about Bill Shorten’s mother, after Shorten used her experience in the workforce to help explain his interest in politics.
On Thursday the deputy Labor leader, Tanya Plibersek, said Labor was not proposing a royal commission into the abuse of media power in Australia, which has been suggested by former Labor prime minister, Kevin Rudd.