Gazette

Australia’s attempt at media reform has gone nowhere fast … Media lawyer and author Patrick George looks at what happened, what is at stake and why a Media Ombudsman might be the answer ... more

New Zealand has been looking at new proposals for media regulation which address the digital revolution … Unlike Australia and the UK, the NZ Law Commission’s media reform plans have met with minimal resistance … Barrister Steven Price investigates ... more

National newspapers in Britain have proposed their own “Royal Charter” for media self-regulation in response to the one approved last week by parliament … This Inforrm piece looks at their version and Hacked Off’s reaction ... more

The internet is alive with user comments, not all of them moderate or moderated … What policies and procedures do media organsations have in place to manage the flow and the tenor of public participation, while protecting themselves from liability? Sebastian Dixon finds out ... more

The government’s mishandling of legislation related to press standards has left media reform in a mess … Richard Ackland reflects on what went wrong and why the threatened loss of the media exemption under the Privacy Act was a joke ... more

User agreements and policies of social media sites … How Facebook and Twitter control privacy, censor users and judge community standards in the digital age … Paul Karp investigates ... more

Last year’s Leveson Inquiry subjected some media lawyers as well as the press to intense scrutiny … Not all emerged unscathed … In this article, Peter Bartlett looks at the ethical dilemmas faced by the lawyers who advise media clients ... more

Open justice by any other name? Richard Ackland reflects on the plethora of court suppression orders that effectively shut off news reporting of a conspiracy to murder case against Michael Ibrahim … John Ibrahim’s name also ordered to be unmentionable ... more