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Australia’s media is a gerontocracy. Is that a problem?

Crikey · 21 September 2026 at 11:52 am

Australia’s media is a gerontocracy. Is that a problem?

Australia's legacy media is owned and controlled by men aged 80+ and run by 50-somethings.

Given it's mainly older people who still use legacy media, that might not be a bad thing.

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Australia’s media is a gerontocracy. Is that a problem?

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