Regional Press Freedom Seminar

Asia-Pacific Regional Press Freedom Seminar
1 and 2 October 2001

In early October, the Press Council hosted a seminar on Press Freedom and Responsibility in the Asia-Pacific Region.

With the assistance of the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid) and News Limited, the Council brought delegates to Sydney for the two-day seminar. The Council had also invited a number of local delegatesw to attend.

On the website, the Council now publishes a report on the conference and the following papers:

Country reports on the local press and press freedom

Speeches on Press Councils as a means of press self-regulation

Philosophy of press self-regulation - Professor Ken McKinnon, Australian Press Council
Establishing a press council - Atmakusumah Astraatmadja, Indonesian PC Chair.
Establishing code of ethics - Sir John Jeffries, New Zealand PC
Self-regulation in an unstable political situation - Daryl Tarte, Fiji News Council
Administering the system of self-regulation - Jack R Herman, Australian PC Executive Secretary
Privacy: balancing individual rights and freedom of expression - David Chipp, UK Press Complaints Commission

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