Mitch Fifield named Communications Minister

September 20, 2015 4:04

Fifield

Victorian Senator Mitch Fifield has been appointed as the new communications minister in today’s ministerial reshuffle by new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Fifield was previously Assistant Minister for Social Services and was a key supporter of Turnbull in his challenge for Liberal leadership.

The new communications minister will face ongoing industry pressure to push through media reform by the regional television networks Prime, WIN, Southern Cross Austereo and Imparja who have been actively lobbying Nationals MPs to get the government to remove rules limiting their population reach and the rules limiting media ownership to two out of three forms of media.

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Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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