News Corp Phone Hacking Scandal May Spread To Australia

News Corp's phone hacking scandal threatened to spread to a third country Friday, as Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that she would be open to an investigation of the company's practices in Murdoch's native country.

Gillard told the National Press Club that she was "shocked and disgusted" at allegations of phone hacking at News of the World and foresaw a "long debate about media ethics in this country," the Australian (which is owned by Murdoch) reported.

The head of the Green Party, Senator Bob Brown, is leading calls to investigate News Limited, News Corp's Australian subsidiary, which controls a substantial portion of the media. Gillard said she would be "happy" to discuss such an inquiry.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/15/investigation-of-news-cor_n_900098.html

Thanks for the thread, Derechos.

I can't wait for the Europeans to kick Murdoch out of their countries.