Australian ex-PM Kevin Rudd calls for inquiry into Murdoch media dominance

MELBOURNE - Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has called for a major government inquiry into the tight ownership of Australian media by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, securing more than 46,000 signatures on a petition after just two days.

"The truth is Murdoch has become a cancer, an arrogant cancer on our democracy," Mr Rudd said in a video posted on Twitter on Saturday , urging people to sign the petition, which also called for recommendations to boost media diversity. Australia's Parliament is not required to respond to petitions, unlike in Britain, where petitions that obtain more than 100,000 signatures are considered for debate in Parliament.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's office and News Corp did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.

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RonniSalt The petition already has over 56,000 signatures. The MurdochRoyalCommission is still trending... there is an awful lot of support for this call!

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Wow, and it took this long to suddenly realise something isn’t quite balanced. Monopolistic media that has a strong influence on people down under.

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