News Corp accuses government of dismissing media’s concerns after AFP raids

Kristina Keneally calls for a review into press freedom but senior Murdoch executive Campbell Reid says legal changes should be made now

A senior News Corp Australia executive has accused the government of dismissing media companies’ concerns about national security laws and urged it to revisit legal changes without a further review into press freedom.

Campbell Reid, the group executive for corporate affairs, policy and government relations at News Corp Australia, made the call to skip to “the remedies phase” on Wednesday as Labor’s shadow home affairs minister Kristina Keneally called for a review into national security laws and press freedom.

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