Author: Denis Muller (MENAFN - The Conversation) In September, it will be ten years since the Gillard government established the Independent Inquiry into Media and Media Regulation in Australia , otherwise known as the Finkelstein inquiry. In the succeeding decade, media accountability in Australia has, if anything, got weaker. The latest sign of this is the decision last week by the journalists' union, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, to quit the Australian Press Council . The MEAA said in its announcement that Australia's media regulatory framework had failed to keep up to date with the effects of media convergence. It also said its members had become increasingly frustrated by the council's inconsistent adjudications and poor governance.