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Independent MP Helen Haines has urged the federal government to take regional media’s Save Our Voices campaign “very seriously”. The Member for Indi has supported the campaign, which calls for media ownership laws to be updated to reflect the current landscape where regional outlets must compete with metropolitan and international digital players that do not have the same restrictions. Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack and Communications Minister Paul Fletcher have so far resisted calls to support the changes….



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