Greens senator slams government 'secrecy'

The Morrison government has been accused of attacking every Australian by imposing restrictions on press freedom.

After media organisations launched a united campaign for greater freedoms, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said voters and taxpayers deserved to know what their government was up to.

"This problem, this secrecy, this overreach from the government is not just an attack from the media or whistleblowers, it's an attack on every Australian," she told reporters in Canberra on Monday.