# When is the govt going to grow a pair...
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Publisher: reddit.com · published 2026-08-09 · read 2026-09-08

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAussie/comments/1vjedfs/

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## Who is named (10)

- [Lachlan Murdoch](https://truthscore.com/entity/013e11c6)
- [Southern Cross](https://truthscore.com/entity/0496acdb)
- [News Corp](https://truthscore.com/entity/0f8c5927)
- [SGH](https://truthscore.com/entity/568ffba1)
- [Seven West Media](https://truthscore.com/entity/70b9ad7a)
- [WIN](https://truthscore.com/entity/7d3889b9)
- [Bruce Gordon](https://truthscore.com/entity/a0e50cf9)
- [ACMA](https://truthscore.com/entity/a38b2fa8)
- [Nine](https://truthscore.com/entity/d1dc9b0e)
- [ABC](https://truthscore.com/entity/fa8dfdc5)

## What it added

- [Lachlan Murdoch controls the votes in the trust holding the family's News Corp stake after the 2025 settlement.](https://truthscore.com/claim/45e79b90)
  > Lachlan Murdoch controls the votes in the trust holding the family's News Corp stake after the 2025 settlement.
- [Bruce Gordon, 97, owns WIN and is Nine's biggest shareholder, just under 20% voting, ~25% economic.](https://truthscore.com/claim/a676b086)
  > Bruce Gordon, 97, owns WIN and is Nine's biggest shareholder, just under 20% voting, ~25% economic.
- [Kerry Stokes' SGH held 40% of Seven West, now merged into Southern Cross.](https://truthscore.com/claim/59785a91)
  > Kerry Stokes' SGH held 40% of Seven West, now merged into Southern Cross.
- [Most of what Australians watch, hear and read sits behind three private fortunes.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b3bf3ecc)
  > Most of what Australians watch, hear and read sits behind three private fortunes.
- [Not a conspiracy but just a share register.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9edaa14b)
  > Not a conspiracy but just a share register.
- [Across regional WA, every commercial TV and radio licence now sits with Seven, Southern Cross or WIN.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ba979559)
  > Across regional WA, every commercial TV and radio licence now sits with Seven, Southern Cross or WIN.
- [ACMA waved it through on an undertaking to divest licences in 17 affected areas later.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7c7176bb)
  > ACMA waved it through on an undertaking to divest licences in 17 affected areas later.
- [Add News Corp's cross-media reach and a shrunken ABC, and "diversity" is a points formula, not a reality.](https://truthscore.com/claim/165b8519)
  > Add News Corp's cross-media reach and a shrunken ABC, and "diversity" is a points formula, not a reality.
- [In 2017, the two-out-of-three and 75% reach rules were repealed.](https://truthscore.com/claim/377047b6)
  > 2017: the two-out-of-three and 75% reach rules repealed.
- [In 2018, Nine acquired Fairfax under the relaxed rules.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9885eca7)
  > 2018: Nine swallows Fairfax under the relaxed rules.
- [Seven West Media merged into Southern Cross in January 2026.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e2174202)
  > In January 2026, Seven West Media merged into Southern Cross.

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