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dc.contributor.authorJohnston, Jane
dc.contributor.authorPearson, Mark
dc.contributor.editorChris Nash, Tony Maniaty, Jan McClelland, David Robie
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:32:14Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:32:14Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2014-06-12T23:39:20Z
dc.identifier.issn10239499
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/22972
dc.description.abstractIn 2007, Australia was rated by two international media bodies as well down the chain in media freedom. Within its own borders, internal media groups-in particular the Australian Press Council and the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, as well as a consortium of major employer groups-have recently released reports investigating the position of media freedoms. This article examines a select few of these shrinking freedoms which range from the passive restrictions on access to documents to the overt threat of imprisonment for publishing sensitive material. In particular, it considers laws relating to freedom of information, camera access to courts, shield laws and whistleblower protection and finally, revamped anti-terrorism laws. The article maps the landscape of Australia's downgraded press freedom and suggests that laws controlling media reportage need to be renegotiated.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent365143 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPacific Media Centre
dc.publisher.placeAuckland
dc.publisher.urihttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/issue/view/40
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom70
dc.relation.ispartofpageto86
dc.relation.ispartofeditionOctober
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPacific Journalism Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume14
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedia Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchFilm, Television and Digital Media
dc.subject.fieldofresearchJournalism and Professional Writing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunication and Media Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode200104
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1902
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1903
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2001
dc.titleAustralia's media climate: Time to renegotiate control
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences
gro.rights.copyright© 2008 Pacific Journalism Review. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorJohnston, Jane L.
gro.griffith.authorPearson, Mark L.


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