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Spotlight: Access to Information Digital Rights Australia

National police raids an attack on press freedom, says journalists' union

22 May 2016
Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Police raids in search of the source of government documents leaked to the media again show how press freedom in Australia is under attack.

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Criminalising truth, suppressing the right to know: Press freedom in Australia

The Australian government has been so determined to inoculate itself from embarrassment that it has developed a battery of laws to punish and imprison those who expose the truth, whether they are whistleblowers or journalists.

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance‎ 9 May 2016

Access to Information Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Australia

Australian media group condemns federal police's secret pursuit of journalist's sources

The MEAA is appalled that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has secretly sought to identify a journalist's confidential sources by trawling through a journalist's metadata.

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance‎15 April 2016

Censorship Free Expression & the Law Australia

A call for Australians to #vote4pressfreedom this election year

The Australian union of creative professionals is using the countdown to World Press Freedom Day to galvanize people around recent changes that threaten press freedom and the public's right to know.

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance‎ 4 April 2016

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Media giant sheds 120 editorial jobs in latest round of cuts

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Journalists' sources protected in crucial hearing in Victoria, Australia

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Journalists' sources under threat with Australia's data retention regime

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Australia 26 October 2015
Concern over media restrictions on Australia's asylum seeker policy

‎ International Federation of Journalists, Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Access to Information Papua New Guinea Censorship Nauru Australia 23 October 2015
Australian union condemns pursuit of journalist's phone records

‎ International Federation of Journalists, Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

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Users betrayed as Australia adopts a copyright censorship regime

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Digital Rights Censorship Australia 29 June 2015
Going after whistleblowers, going after journalism: On the state of press freedom in Australia in 2015

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Australia 1 May 2015
Australian media advocate condemns powers to pursue journalists' sources in Data Retention Bill

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Australia 2 March 2015
Australia's Data Retention Bill an "attack" on press freedom

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Australia 3 November 2014
Impunity prevails: Australia's federal police fail the Balibo Five

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Impunity Indonesia Australia 23 October 2014
A bad day for press freedom and the public's right to know as Australia passes national security law

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Access to Information Free Expression & the Law Australia 1 October 2014
National security law an outrageous attack on press freedom in Australia

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Access to Information Free Expression & the Law Australia 29 September 2014
Non-publication order muzzles Australian media

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Censorship Free Expression & the Law Australia 25 September 2014
Australian proposal would require suspicionless domestic spying by ISPs

‎ Electronic Frontier Foundation

Access to Information Digital Rights Australia 13 August 2014
Combatting the Snowden Effect: National interest and media freedom in Australia

‎ Index on Censorship

Censorship Free Expression & the Law Australia 6 August 2014
Concern over Australian bill that would penalise disclosing information about intelligence operations

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Free Expression & the Law Australia 18 July 2014
Australian government urged not to scrap funding for community radios

‎ World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters - AMARC

Free Expression & the Law Australia 12 May 2014
Secrecy and surveillance: Report into the state of press freedom in Australia in 2014

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Access to Information Free Expression & the Law Australia 6 May 2014
Australian Prime minister's department cracks down on civil servant criticism

‎ Index on Censorship

Censorship Australia 17 April 2014
Australia debates repeal of parts of racial discrimination act

‎ Index on Censorship

Free Expression & the Law Australia 14 April 2014
Australian court order welcomed but points to flaws in journalist shield laws

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Free Expression & the Law Australia 18 March 2014
Publishers concerned by proposal to change Australia's copyright law

‎ International Publishers Association

Access to Information Free Expression & the Law Australia 24 February 2014
East Timor takes on Australia over commercial spying allegations

‎ Privacy International

East Timor Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law Australia 6 February 2014
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‎ Privacy International

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Australian journalists' killers getting away with murder

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

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Accessing information about asylum seeker boat arrivals in Australia

‎ Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

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