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May 1997 - Volume 9, No.2
News in brief - May 1997 Dorothy Ross Dorothy Ross, AM, OBE One of the founding members of the Council, Dorothy Ross, will attend her last Council meeting in June 1997. Miss Ross has decided not to reapply for membership. She has been a public member of the Council since its inception in 1976 and has served twice as its Vice Chairman, from August 1997 until September 1985 and from February 1987. She was acting Chairman for four months in 1984. A detailed "farewell" to Miss Ross will be published in the August issue of the News. [ return to top ] Return to APC News 1997 Index International Media Forum The Press Council co-hosted a forum in Sydney on 15 and 16 March with the International Communications Forum. The meeting was series of roundtable discussions which brought together about 40 media professionals from Australia and overseas. The forum was part of the Council's twentieth anniversary celebrations and proved to be both stimulating and provocative. Reports from the forum (a general report and more personal observations)are featured in this issue of the News and the Council plans to transcribe the whole event and publish the proceedings as a booklet. [ return to top ] Return to APC News 1997 Index On the Council The Council has appointed two new alternate members. As a result of Elisabeth Sexton's resignation as David McNicoll's alternate (reported in the February issue of the News), Australian Consolidated Press has appointed Lenore Nicklin, a staff writer on The Bulletin as its new alternate. Following Steve Harris' resignation as Herald and Weekly Times editor-in-chief - to take up a position with News Limited in Sydney - HWT has appointed Linda Smith, assistant editor of the Herald Sun as Chris McLeod's new alternate. [ return to top ] Return to APC News 1997 Index Chinese Delegation A delegation from China, led by Poltiburo member Ding Guangen, met with members of the Australian Press Council in late April. The delegation was in Australia for meetings, inter alia, with bodies dealing with the (self)regulation of the media. The meeting with the Press Council group, led by Vice Chairman Dorothy Ross, went for about 90 minutes and consisted largely of the Chinese delegation seeking information on the workings of the Council. [ return to top ] Return to APC News 1997 Index FYROM The Press Council has had referred to it the question of the nomenclature that should be used when referring to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It has been suggested that the use of the term "Macedonia" to refer to this country is offensive to some Australians. The Council draws the attention of all print media publishers to the Department of Foreign Affairs advice that the country should be referred to as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or FYROM. [ return to top ] Return to APC News 1997 Index Levy and Lange The Council's Chairman, Prof David Flint, appeared before the High Court seeking leave to make an amicus curiae submission on its consideration of Lange v ABC and Levy v State of Victoria, two matters in which parties are seeking review of the Court's extension of the constitutional implication of freedom of political communication to defamation matters. The Court reserved its decision on the acceptance of the Council's submission. [ return to top ] Return to APC News 1997 Index Publications The Council's Chairman has had three articles published recently. In March, The Age published an article, "Is the media a circus?", in which he discussed whether media standards in Australia are falling. In mid-April, The Sydney Morning Herald carried an article ("Carry on campaigning") in which he looked at the British election and some issues arising from it. In early May, The Daily Telegraph carried an article ("When public life ceases to be public property") which linked the two recent Press Council adjudications on privacy and responded to a Telegraph editorial on the same topic. The Townsville Bulletin published the same article under the heading, "Intrusion versus the right to know". Prof Flint also attended the recent International Press Institute conference in Granada, Spain, where he participated as a panellist on a discussion of "Media Concentration - A Global Phenomenon?". A copy of this speech and of the articles referred to above are available from the Press Council. [ return to top ] Return to APC News 1997 Index 1996-7 APC Prize The Council has announced the terms of entry for its 1996-7 award. In its first four years the Prize was generally awarded for the best thesis by a tertiary student on a subject related to the objects of the Press Council. In 1994, however, the Prize was awarded for the best essay submitted on a set topic and both tertiary and secondary students were eligible to enter. The 1995-6 Prize was awarded on a similar basis, although altered to co-incide with the financial year. The terms of the 1996-7 are the same as last year. The topic for this year's Prize is: The Press: A Matter of Taste Entries are invited in two categories: (1) Tertiary students (as at 30 June 1997), who will have a 2,500 word limit; and (2) Secondary students (as at 30 June 1997), who will have a 1,500 word limit. Winners in each category will be selected by a panel of judges and the prizes of up to $1,500 will be awarded in each category. The final date for receipt of submissions is: 30 June 1997 Entries should be typescript and double-spaced. The Australian Press Council reserves the right not to award a prize/s. INQUIRIES: Tel: (02) 9261 1930 (1800) 02 5712 [ return to top ] Return to APC News 1997 Index Documents with the |
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