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Politics
Tess Ikonomou

Media firms back public integrity hearings

Media companies such as Nine want the national anti-corruption watchdog to hold public hearings. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australian media organisations have told a parliamentary inquiry the Albanese government's national integrity commission should hold public hearings by default, rather than in "exceptional circumstances" as set out in the bill.

A group representing the nation's biggest media companies, including Nine Network and News Corp Australia, says the high threshold for public hearings under the proposed anti-corruption body should be lowered.

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