Lachlan Murdoch on economic policy
From Lachlan Murdoch takes business into his own hands | Part 2 | Australian Story · · ABC News In-depth
“I'm conservative economically on the economic sort of policy; I'm more liberal on social policy. What I do find is that when people tell me to think a certain way or that I should think a certain way I'm more inclined to think a different way.”
On , Lachlan Murdoch, Executive Chairman & CEO at Fox Corporation (Class B), spoke about economic policy during Lachlan Murdoch takes business into his own hands | Part 2 | Australian Story on ABC News In-depth.
About Lachlan Murdoch
In a February 2025 episode of Australian Story, Lachlan Murdoch described his family as "an ordinary family with ordinary family issues in perhaps extraordinary circumstances" and said he is "conservative economically" and "more liberal on social policy." He noted that when people tell him to think a certain way, he is "more inclined to think a different way." The program examined his relationship with his father, Rupert Murdoch, and his path to leadership at Fox. In March 2022, Murdoch delivered a speech at the launch of the Centre for the Australian Way of Life at the Institute of Public Affairs. He argued that Australia's COVID-19 lockdowns involved "surrendering personal liberties" and said the media's job is "to question these policies" and "hold our elected officials to account." He criticized YouTube and other tech platforms for what he called "ensuring that only the current orthodox view is allowed" and said Australia is "one of the most tolerant, generous, independent, and multicultural countries in human history." In a May 2022 appearance, Murdoch described Tom Brady as a "partner" for Fox Sports and said the company was "happily on the sidelines watching this bloodbath in the SVOD market" as competitors like Netflix lost subscribers.