News and media

Blowing the whistle on flawed laws

Published on: 30 April 2021

Employees and journalists who expose organisational corruption are in danger of criminal charges under severe and complex national security laws, according to University of Queensland academics.
Tipping point for press freedom

Published on: 29 April 2021

FEATURE | As World Press Freedom Day approaches, discover more about the legislative threats to press freedom in Australia and the reforms required now.
Untested espionage laws blast chill winds through news publishing

Published on: 1 March 2021

FEATURE | Journalists must be protected from prosecution in a much-needed overhaul of Australia’s Espionage Act 2018, according to a group of academics pushing for reform.

Journalists must be protected in police investigations. Here’s our five point plan for reform

Published on: 28 October 2022

Australia is now 39th in Reporters Sans Frontiers’ World Press Freedom Index, a staggering decline of 20 places since 2018. This reflects a fact acknowledged by both the Morrison and Albanese governments: Australia has a press freedom problem.
Journalists and security agencies don't need to be friends

Published on: 17 March 2021

Like dogs and cats, snakes and rats, journalists and the government are not supposed to be friends. But can they at least talk to each other? Peter Greste writes for The Conversation.
You could break espionage laws on social media without realising it

Published on: 14 January 2021

Did you know you could be charged with spying if you connect with someone who turns out to be a foreign spy on LinkedIn?
Julian Assange's extradition victory is cold comfort for press freedom

Published on: 5 January 2021

Professor Peter Greste reflects on the latest Assange extradition ruling, asking if this is a victory for Assange and his supporters, or a blow to those who believe this case to be about protecting press freedom?
National security review recommends complete overhaul of electronic surveillance - but will it work?

Published on: 4 December 2020

The “Richardson Review” – culminated in a four-volume declassified report containing 203 recommendations (13 of them classified) – has been embraced by the government, which took almost a year to consider the classified report.