Fairfax accused of forbidding coverage of protest rally as regional Australia faces job cuts

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The journalists’ union has accused Fairfax of breaching its own charter of editorial independence by silencing coverage of a rally which saw 200 people demonstrate against planned job cuts by the media company in regional Australia.

Fairfax staff, union members, politicians and residents gathered in Wollongong to protest at the cuts proposed earlier this month by Fairfax’s regional and rural arm, Australian Community Media.

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