Giving the Monash Oration in Sydney, Kim Williams says truth and democracy suffers every time a job in journalism is cut
The chair of the ABC has quoted the memoir of US vice-presidential candidate JD Vance while discussing the decreasing trust in media in the annual Sir John Monash Oration in Sydney.
“This is deep scepticism of the very institutions of our society. And it’s becoming more and more mainstream.” Williams said media outlets in Australia were fighting to remain viable, with news agencies losing revenue, laying off journalists and in some cases closing.that it was closing its Australian news partnership team and not entering new commercial deals with news organisations – currently worth more than $70m annually,” he said.
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