On Monday, October 21, all newspapers in Australia blackened their first pages against government restrictions on the press.<\/p>\n
In Australia, the government’s restrictions on press freedom, citing \u2018national security, united the country’s biggest competing newspapers. \u00a0 The Australian press protested the government by \u201ccensoring\u201d the first pages with a joint decision. Numerous television channels, radio stations and websites also supported the action.<\/p>\n
The media stressed that the security laws implemented in the last two years threatened investigative journalism and the right of the public to take information was taken away from them.<\/p>\n
According to the news in Sputnik, journalists who are not content with the blackout have called for a new formula against the permission required for searches in the press and for taking steps to protect journalists’ resources.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are they hiding from me?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Michael Miller, chairman of News Corp Australia, one of the largest media outlets in the country, shared the censored first pages of the newspaper on his Twitter account and said:\u201dEvery time a government imposes new restrictions on what journalists can report, Australians should ask: the Australians should ask themselves: What are they trying to hide from me?\u201d<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelmillerau\/status\/1186043213011795968?s=20<\/p>\n