AA Torque magazine is a publication produced by Fairfax Media which shares some contributors, editors and features with the TV show including contributions by the presenters themselves.
The controversy expanded as the commission was accused of undermining free speech by demanding records and phones from Fairfax journalists.
It was sold to Grant Broadcasters in May 2008, by Fairfax Media due to diversity rules controlled by Australian Communications and Media Authority, which prevents more than 2 licences overlapping into a market owned by the same group.
A follow-up investigation by Fairfax Media in September 2013 revealed that another brand of rugby balls were being stitched using illegal child labour in Jalandhar, Punjab for sale in Australia.
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In 2007, Fairfax Media acquired Rural Press in an agreed merger, while locally, the paper's Macintosh computers were replaced with PCs.