MUMBAI: Media mogul and News Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch has been named the most influential Australian of all time. This appeared in a survey conducted by the Bulletin magazine containing a list of 100 candidates that includes athletes, entertainers and people from many other professions.

Murdoch who beat out the likes of Sir Don Bradman said, "When I look at the list of scientists and doctors and people on the list who have done a great deal more to improve the whole world, I am very, very humbled to be chosen today. This is a great honour and a great moment for me."

In another report in The Age, Murdoch was quoted urging the Australian government to expand its overhaul of media ownership rules or dump planned changes altogether. He said that the government should use its cross- and foreign media ownership reforms to make Australia's media industry a more open playing field.