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Drama at the Royal Commission, Media vs Big Tech, and One Nation Blacklists Journos

News Corp turns on an inquiry, Hanson’s party freezes out reporters, and publishers and tech platforms fight over millions.

Os and Scott break down the extraordinary accusations levelled against the Royal Commission by News Corp and and explain why the inquiry has become the centre of growing political and media controversy.

They then turn to One Nation's increasingly aggressive crack down on press freedom and discuss what journalists can, and should, do to fight back.

Later, they look at the political battle pitting big tech companies against Australia's media giants, and why hundreds of millions of dollars and plenty of jobs are at stake.

In Keeping Tabs: The left-wing politician who went in to for bat for Gina Rinehart, and the NRL attempts to re-invent the concept of media regulation.

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