The Australian Press Council was established in 1976 and is responsible for promoting good standards of media practice, community access to information of public interest, and freedom of expression through the media.
The Council is also the principal body with responsibility for responding to complaints about Australian newspapers, magazines and associated digital outlets.
The Australian Press Council has released its latest adjudications. They concerned publishing a reader's response, publishing an opinion which is likely to cause offence, and publishing tribunal proceedings. The Council also considered the use of the term "illegal immigrant" and claims that asylum seekers would "flood the suburbs". All recent adjudications are provided on the Adjudications page.