The Australian media played a huge role in providing information to the Australian public during the republic debate that waged before the referendum in November 1999. By focusing on certain issues and particular people and failing to give the Australian public information on all of the issues of the debate, the Australian media helped sway the publics' opinion and therefore the out come of the referendum. During the constitution convention held in 1998 people representing many different …
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…'white elitist' tag it was given and avoiding such issues as the Queen and her place in our society. The two sides different approaches to the media showed how important it is in our time to have an astute handling on the media. Understanding the power and importance of news media and effectively using it while campaigning can be controlled to allow for certain issues to discussed and other to be kept in the background.