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Australia needs a Media Freedom Act. Here’s how it could work

Published on: 22 October 2019

Dr Rebecca Ananian-Welsh explains what an Australian Media Freedom Act might look like and how it could work.
What are the media companies’ challenges to police raids about?

Published on: 26 June 2019

Rebecca Ananian-Welsh writes an explainer: What are the media companies’ challenges to the AFP raids about?
To protect press freedom, we need more public outrage – and an overhaul of our laws

Published on: 8 June 2019

How many Australians were worried about the fact that the Australian Federal Police had spent a good portion of the week raiding the offices and homes of journalists who’ve published stories clearly in the public interest?
Why the raids on Australian media present a clear threat to democracy

Published on: 6 June 2019

Rebecca Ananian-Welsh writes for The Conversation about recent raids by the Australian Federal Police on journalists.
Press freedom under attack

Published on: 22 February 2019

Why Filipino journalist Maria Ressa’s arrest should matter to all of us

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Journalists at foreign-owned outlets in Australia could face jail for exposing ADF war crimes, paper suggests
6 October 2022, The Guardian (Australia).
Security laws a risk for all, just ask Peter Greste
28 February - 1 March 2021, The Australian (Online), The Courier Mail (Online), Adelaide Now (Online), The Mercury (Online) and Toowoomba Chronicle (Online).
Untested espionage laws blast chill winds through news publishing
1 March 2021, Mirage News, The National Tribune.
Whistleblowers are being scared into silence, hampering efforts to expose corruption in Australia, research finds
30 April 2021, The Guardian (Australia).
Eighty-two counterterrorism laws, and counting
9 October 2019, Inside Story (Online).
Australia's press freedom needs better protection. Here's where to start
11 June 2019, The Guardian (Australia).

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