Media releases, statements, articles, interviews
The following is a selection of media releases, announcements and interviews.
APC media releases and announcements
2018
- Press Council welcomes another member publication (12 February 2018)
- Call for nominations for 2018 Press Freedom Medal (5 February 2018)
2017
- Press Council appoints new Chair (13 December 2017)
- InDaily joins Press Council as latest member (11 December 2017)
- Press Council awards prizes to outstanding journalism students (7 December 2017)
- Statement on the resignation of Press Council Chair Prof David Weisbrot AM (21 June 2017)
- Statement from Australian Press Council re vote on Carla McGrath appointment (9 June 2017)
- Further statement from the Australian Press Council about the Appointment of Carla McGrath (6 June 2017)
- Statement from the Australian Press Council on the Appointment of Carla McGrath (2 June 2017)
- Australian Press Council welcomes Dili Declaration on Press Freedom (31 May 2017)
- Australian Press Council appoints new Indigenous public member (25 May 2017)
- Peter Timmins and Michael Cameron win 2017 Press Freedom Medals (19 May 2017)
- World Press Freedom Day 2017
- Press Council and Beltin Group offer hostile environments training scholarship (27 April 2017)
- Press Council makes three new appointments (26 April 2017)
- Statement by the Executive Director on Media Watch program: "Paparazzi, privacy and the Press Council”, aired on 27 March 2017 (3 April 2017)
- Press Council launches its first Reconciliation Action Plan (16 March 2017)
- Press Council welcomes first Indigenous member publication (16 February 2017)
- Call for nominations for 2017 Press Freedom Medal (1 February 2017)
- Council meme highlights importance of membership to upholding news quality (30 January 2017)
2016
- Press Council welcomes another new member publication (6 December 2016)
- Press Council awards three prizes to outstanding journalism students (5 December 2016)
- National Action Plan for open government must face up to growing problems (29 November 2016)
- Press Council endorses latest call for Facebook to respect press freedom (3 November 2016)
- Chair's statement on Australia's corporate database being privatised (19 September 2016)
- Chair's statement on Facebook needing an open and coherent editorial policy (13 September 2016)
- Chair's statement on the disposition of complaints about cartoon in The Australian (6 September 2016)
- Appointment of new Adjudication Panel Chairs (26 August 2016)
- Press Council to fund three new prizes for journalism students (25 August 2016)
- Two more publications join the Press Council (26 July 2016)
- Videos of Press Council's International Conference Now Available (17 June 2016)
- Reminder about APC Guideline on reporting elections (23 May 2016)
- Awarding of the Press Freedom Medal (5 May 2016)
- Press Council 40th Anniversary Conference on Press Freedom underway (4 May 2016)
- Press Council welcomes two new members (11 March 2016)
- Press Council adopts Reconciliation Action Plan (8 March 2016)
- Press Council issues new Advisory Guideline for Family And Domestic Violence Reporting (2 March 2016)
- Human Rights Law Centre Report (22 February 2016)
- Press Council 40th Anniversary Conference News (28 January 2016)
- More publications join the Press Council (5 January 2016)
2015
- Press Council appoints first representative of smaller publications (1 December 2015)
- Press Council seeks Government commitment to open and transparent government (26 October 2015)
- Media Release: Press Council welcomes three new publisher members (26 August 2015)
- Council launches initiative to get publications from multicultural press to join (14 August 2015)
- Text of Chair's statement on Council's drive to include multicultural press (14 August 2015)
- Chair David Weisbrot pledges to build a new culture at the Council (6 August 2015)
- Text of Chair's address to Melbourne Press Club (6 August 2015)
- Council Chair to speak at Melbourne Press Club (27 July 2015)
- Media Release: Council Chair calls for urgent action on defamation law reform (1 July 2015)
- Media Release: Proposed surveillance legislation a threat to press freedom (11 March 2015)
- Biographical notes - New Press Council Chair Professor David Weisbrot AM
Selected media reports and interviews
- David Weisbrot interview on Sky TV's Speers Tonight program (27 April 2017)
- Feature article about Council Chair David Weisbrot in The Australian (28 Sept 2015)
- David Weisbrot on The Media Report about his first six months in the job (3 Sept 2015)
- Council Chair David Weisbrot on SBS Radio about multicultural press (14 August 2015)
- Council Chair David Weisbrot on Radio National Breakfast: defamation law reform (2 July 2015)
- Council Chair David Weisbrot on SKY TV: metadata (25 March 2015)
- Council Chair David Weisbrot on Radio National Breakfast (4 March 2015)
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