Updated: Senate committee hearing featuring Alan Jones & Kevin Rudd postponed due to snap lockdown
Update: The media diversity in Australia senate hearing has been postponed, due to a snap lockdown in Canberra.
A statement on the APH website read: “Due to the snap lockdown in Canberra – the committee has agreed to postpone the public hearing scheduled for Friday 13 August 2021. A revised hearing date will be advised in due course.”
Chair of the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Sarah Hanson-Young also posted on her Twitter account late yesterday evening an update:
Tomorrow’s media inquiry hearing into the Sky News disinformation ban has been postponed, due to the Canberra lockdown.
We are working hard to make sure we can hold the hearing as soon as possible. The role of media agencies to behave responsibly is more important than ever
