Sustainability of digital archives … Legal issues … Loss of valuable MTV News content … The Wayback Machine … Accessibility to the past … National Library of Australia … Data storage … Environmental and financial costs … Veronica Lenard reports … more
Category: Media Matters
Antoinette Lattouf v Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Fair Work Commission … ABC terminated employment relationship with casual radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf … Termination came after Lattouf shared Instagram post from human rights NGO commenting on Israel/Gaza War … Relationship ended when Lattouf taken off air and given no more work … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more
Southey v Butler
NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal … Transgender activist loses transgender vilification claim against Herald-Sun … Argued article about female inmates petition against transgender inmate amounted to vilification … Article did not convey that transgender people as a class were a threat … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more
Buying Silence
Oligarchs and plutocrats versus the media … The crushing appeal of SLAPP actions … Goldsmith, Maxwell and now the Russians … Lawyers and the money … Important stories that are never published … British media lawyer David Hooper suggests useful reforms … Book review by Veronica Lenard … more
Duke of Sussex v MGN Limited
Hacking case in London ... Mirror Group Newspapers ... Significant damages awarded to the Duke of Sussex ... 38 private investigators engaged by the editors ... Board of directors not aware ... Editor Piers Morgan knew of the illegal newsgathering ... Some claimants time barred ... Report from Inforrm ... more
Pressing issues
Australian Press Council ... Press "watchdog" ... Delay, obstruction and torment ... The tortured road to getting a remedy for inaccurate, unfair, and prejudicial journalism ... The Louise Milligan case shows why the APC needs to replaced ... Richard Ackland reports ... more
Journalists’ jamboree
Media Roundtable ... Attorney General's press freedom gathering in Canberra ... What's likely to be discussed ... What should be discussed ... Reporting that seeks to break free from the yoke of "national security" ... Open society inhibited by a range of forces ... Richard Ackland reports ... more
The road ahead
Ashurst’s review of media law developments in 2023 … Defamation reform … Federal Court document access rules … Misinformation and disinformation on digital platforms … Privacy … National cultural policy … From Robert Todd, Imogen Loxton, Nic Perkins, Karen Wang and Lisa Xia … more
Hamish McDonald
Investigative journalism … Long and determined pursuit of the Croatian Six case by foreign editor Hamish McDonald … Judicial inquiry into a miscarriage of justice … Failure of police, ASIO and the justice system … Dogged reporting … more
Michael West
Journalist and publisher Michael West talks to GLJ … Independent journalism today … Financing the enterprise … Best scoops … Interruptions by lawyers … Shortcomings of the mainstream … The next phase … more
Murdoch v Crikey
Starting gun fired … Ticklish media baron sues independent news publisher … “Unindicted co-conspirator” in Trump’s crimes … No one likes to be pushed around by a billionaire bully with an overblown sense of entitlement … Richard Ackland comments … First published by Justinian … more
Lachlan Keith Murdoch v Private Media Pty Ltd & Ors
Federal Court … Media mogul Lachlan Murdoch sues Crikey … Suing over reference to Murdochs being “unindicted co-conspirators” with Trump in Capitol riots … Action follows challenge to sue in New York Times and Canberra Times … Crikey claims public interest journalism at stake … Courts Editor Stephen Murray reports … more