Category: Media

MEDIA COMPANIES SAY THEIR JOURNALISTS ARE BEING STOPPED FROM HOLDING THE POWERFUL TO ACCOUNT. WHAT’S STOPPING THEM? WHAT DO THEY WANT GOVERNMENT TO DO ABOUT IT? WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? BY FERGUS HUNTER OCTOBER 21, 2019 All of Australia’s major media organisations have joined forces to call for reforms to protect public interest journalism in Read More …

Paul Bongiorno: Australia is on a slippery slope to tyranny Australian media is taking a stand against the government’s attempts to keep secrets from the public. ANALYSIS Paul Bongiorno Like the frog in the slowly heating pot, Australia’s major media organisations have belatedly realised they are in a most uncomfortable fix. After mostly cheerleading the Read More …

Suppression and secrecy: how Australia’s government put a boot on journalism’s throat Richard Ackland This article is more than 1 year old News publishers find it less risky, and maybe more profitable, if stories about abuse of power are shunted in favour of trivia ‘There was an eerie sense of a police state when images Read More …

Government’s approach to FOI ‘undermines’ transparency: former ombudsman By David Crowe October 24, 2019 — 12.01am 10 View all comments The Morrison government has been accused of breaching disclosure laws by scaling back the peak agency which oversees the release of information amid a growing row over public sector secrecy. Former Commonwealth ombudsman John McMillan said Read More …