GetUp’s Carla McGrath ousted from press council after pressure from News Corp

Council said it was a difficult decision, adding ‘she would have brought an important perspective to the work’

After a year of pressure from News Corp the Australian Press Council has removed Carla McGrath from the council because she is the deputy chair of activist group GetUp.

McGrath, the first Torres Strait Islander woman to be appointed to the media watchdog, declined to resign despite The Australian refusing to work with her and publishing a dozen articles in one month attacking her appointment.

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