Category: Media Matters

Whatever happened to the protection of journalists’ sources legislation, whistleblower protection laws, the new regime for access to court information and the national roll out of suppression and non-publication orders legislation? Media lawyer Leanne O’Donnell reports … more

Everybody’s talking about it…and the normal rules don’t seem to apply. Richard Ackland reviews the wild week that was all about The Australian’s editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell threatening to sue journalism academic Julie Posetti over a tweet … more

The Australian and its editor seek an injunction against the finalisation and tabling of a police integrity report into leaks concerning a terror raid … Newspaper and staff criticised … Ethics of newspapers seeking injunctions … Richard Ackland reports … more

Newer than Tom Wolfe’s New Journalism … The forces that are sending good newspapers towards the ditch are also forging changes to what we once understood to be “journalism” … Where does leave the poor old reptile of the press? … Richard Ackland investigates … more

News rooms out of control … Proprietors in denial … Media regulators flunking … The Prime Minister wants a debate about media ethics in Australia … Richard Ackland does his bit to kick it off … more