2002 News Contents

The Australian Press Council News is a quarterly newsletter with articles, opinions and news relevant to the print media and the Press Council. Each edition also reprints all adjudications issued in the preceding quarter.

February 2002 Australian Press Council News

Access to refugees
The Council protests restrictions on the media.
Council condemns paper
The Council's actions on Adjudication No. 1153.
Press Council News
News and information about the prize; privacy standards; a Chairman's speech; Planning Days; defamation law reform; the PCC; freedom of information; pictures in Parliament; mediations; and rulings from the NZ Press Council.
A Private Affair
Review of a book on the UK PCC.
Euphemisms
An editor looks at PC language.
Threats to press freedom
Warren Beeby's 2001 CPU report.

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May 2002 Press Council News

Cross-media Rules
The Council's submission to a Senate committee.
Press Council News
News and information about the Prize; Planning Days 2002; a submission; Case Studies; a speech; a Brisbane visit; the 'espionage' Bill; changes on the Council; FoI laws; photos in Parliament; an exhibition; 2 new books; and mediated complaints.
A Difference of Opinion
How the Council has ruled on opinion pieces.
Opinion Pieces - a case study
Based on a Council cause celebre.
Irregular Verbal
A comment on opinion.

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August 2002 Press Council News

New Objects; Procedures
The Council has agreed to new Objects.
Press Council News
News and information about the 2002 Australian Press Council Prize; a Submission on surveillance; the 2002 Brisbane visit; the passing of Edmund Rouse; research into Freedom of Information laws; meetings with Community Groups; New booklet;Mediated Complaints; the new Editors' Forums; and Changes on the Council.
Peter Costigan in memoriam
Profile
An interview with Sandra Symons.
Reporting of Suicide/Mental Illness
The launch of a new resource kit.
Press Council in the information age
Dale Spender's address to a Council meeting.

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November 2002 Press Council News

Distasteful Images
The Council's rulings on confronting photos.
2002 Annual Address
Promo of an up-coming event.
Press Council News
News and information about the Prize; an apology; changes on the Council; FoI Laws; Annual Report 26; Moral Rights; Financial Services Reform; Surveys; Lifestyle magazines; the new Booklet; and mediated complaints.
APC Prize
2002 results, 2002 prize-winning essay, judges' comments; 2003 topic and entry conditions.

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