Australias media ownership laws were drafted during an analogue era before the internet when the media landscape was dominated by print newspapers and commercial radio and tv services advances in technology now allow digital content from anywhere in the world to be accessed instantly through computers smartphones or smart tvs. Lobbying for the proposed laws was spearheaded by news corp australia but it has the broad support of the australian media industry including guardian australia the legislation is drafted to. Google australia managing director mel silva warned a senate committee in canberra that the world first media law was unworkable and would undermine the functioning of the internet. Media law ethics in australia introduction journalism in free speech democracies or countries striving to be share some universal principles that are applicable across all similar social and political systems these include the pursuit of truth the valuing of objectivity the principle of fairness and the practice of accuracy