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Australia dives 14 places in World Press Freedom Index

Leith van Onselen
Monday, 16 May 2022
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Following Australia’s dive down Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index over the Coalition’s term:

Corruption perceptions index

Australia has also plunged 14 places in one year in the World Press Freedom Index, from 25th place out of 180 to 39th place:

Press freedom is fragile in this island-continent of 26 million people, where ultra-concentration of media ownership, combined with growing official pressure, endanger public-interest journalism.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.