Greens, Labor reach deal on media laws AUSTRALIAN Greens leader Christine Milne says her party has reached a deal with Labor on media law changes and gives them a "more than 70 per cent chance" of passing both houses of parliament. Senator Milne said part of the agreement included a ban on any further press councils being set up beyond the existing two. She said the public interest test when applied to mergers of media organisations would need to consider "the protection of local and regional news current affairs and local media." "We are now seeing really good reforms," Senator Milne told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday. I'm hoping that the agreement we've reached with the government will give renewed enthusiasm for some of the independent members of the House of Representatives to get on board.