We have a major problem with the damage that Rupert Murdoch has done to newspapers in Australia, and any self-respecting government should take steps to correct that as soon as possible.

I met Rupert when I was working for Gough Whitlam in Canberra. I got to know the people in the Canberra press gallery well. In the old Parliament House, we were all a closely knit group and a friend of mine, Eric Walsh on the Daily Mirror introduced me to Rupert on a couple of occasions. So, I developed an occasional contact with Rupert at that stage. Later, I decided that I’d spent seven years with Gough, and it was time for a change. Eric asked me whether I was interested in a job in newspapers, and he got in touch with Rupert.

Rupert was always interested in politics from his Oxford days. I secured a job initially as........

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