GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER.
proposal Amuses Queensland House. (Beceived 10.42 a.m.) BRISBANE, this day. In the Legislative Assembly, the Leader of tie Opposition strongly protested against the action of members of the GoTeniment in taking Hansard reporters ■frith them on their recent tour. The Minister, in reply, complained of systematic misrepresentation by tie newspapers. Mr. Kidson. the Premier, stated that the need for reliable* reporting was becoming very urgent. They should have a Government newspaper. He had been very seriously considering the matter, and it was (juite -possible that he would ask Parliament to approve the establishment of a daily paper. Amidst dissent, laughter, and interruptions Mr. Kidston went on to say that its functions would be to report news and publish, opinions only as signed articles. Party preferences would be absolutely excluded from it.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 255, 25 October 1907, Page 5
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