EXHIBIT 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in Amendment
No. 1 to the Registration Statements of The News Corporation Limited (Form F-3)
and of Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. (Form S-3) for the registration of
US$1,655,000,000 0.75% Senior Exchangeable BUCS and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our report dated August 14, 2002 (except for Note 24, as to
which the date is June 27, 2003), with respect to the consolidated financial
statements of The News Corporation Limited included in its Annual Report (Form
20-F/A) for the year ended June 30, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

                                            /s/ Ernst & Young

Sydney, Australia
August 13, 2003