Advisory Guidelines

The Press Council's Statement of General Principles forms part of its Standards of Practice which are
binding on all print and online publishers that are members. The Standards are
applied by it when considering and adjudicating on complaints about particular instances of their
practice.
The Standards of Practice comprise:

• the Statement of General Principles;
• the Statement of Privacy Principles;
• a series of Specific Standards of Practice, which apply the two Statements of Principles to particular aspects of media practice.

The Council’s Advisory Guidelines may also be taken into account but are not binding Standards.

A number of the Advisory Guidelines listed below are under review and will be updated shortly.

• Family and domestic violence reporting advisory guideline 
   
• Adequate response/letters to the editor
• Advertorials 
• 'Asylum seekers', 'illegal immigrants' and entry to Australia without a visa
• Bias
• Digital alteration of images
• Drugs and drug addiction
• Health and medical matters
• Nazi concentration camps
• Opinion polls
• Religious terms in headlines
• Reporting elections 
• Reporting of 'race'

For adjudications relating to these guidelines search here

View all Standards of Practice