'Crisis response' call from Labor to save local newspapers

Harley Dennett
April 30 2022 - 5:30am
Newsprint costs are set to rise, amid calls for the government to step up assistance to publishers of regional newspapers. Picture Getty Images
Newsprint costs are set to rise, amid calls for the government to step up assistance to publishers of regional newspapers. Picture Getty Images

Labor will seek Coalition cooperation for emergency support to publishers of regional newspapers as they face a "terminal threat".

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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