2006 APC 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 2006 Australian Press Council News

New defamation laws: a guide
Inez Ryan offers some guidance.
News
News and information about the News by Email, 2006 APC Prize, changes On the Council, Changes to principles and procedures, Harmonised defamation laws, Defamation seminar, Protection of sources, a Suppression initiative, Freedom of Information, Uniform Evidence Acts, Anti-Terrorism legislation, the ASIO Act, Port Arthur anniversary and trauma, Consulations and visits, Conciliated complaints.
Annual Address 2006 - Mick Keelty
Reporting trauma
Dart Centre and its Hobart forum.

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May 2006 Australian Press Council News

Police and the media
Jack Herman reports on the 2006 Annual Address and Ken McKinnon responds to it.
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News and information about the APC News by email, Press Council Prize, 2006 Annual Address, On the Council, Dan O'Sullivan, New booklet reprint, Suppression, ALRC anti-terrorism legislation submission, Submission on cross-media ownership, Submission on adoption law, A visit to Townsville and a press statement there
Reporting the courts
Two articles from Chris McLeod on contempt: what judges are saying and a particular judgment.

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August 2006 Australian Press Council News

Accessing court documents
Inez Ryan looks at arguments for greater access made in recent Council submissions.
News
News and information about the APC News by email, Press Council Prize; changes on the Council; Margaret Jones's passing; uniform Evidence Acts; sedition ; security laws; access to court records; a privacy submission; new research; changes to principles and procedures; two adjudications on privacy; classification of books; cross-media rules; and conciliated complaints.
Changed procedures
The Council has changed its complaints process.

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November 2006 Australian Press Council News

State of the News Print Media
Jack R Herman looks at a new Council booklet.
FoI after the McKinnon case
Articles on the future of freedom of information:
- Introduction - Jack R Herman
- A Court Adrift? - Professor H P Lee
- Can legislative reform rescue FoI? - Inez Ryan
- Where to now? - Dr Moira Paterson
- "We can handle the truth" - Rick Snell
News
News and information about the News by email; the Prize; changes on the Council; a new publication; an FoI decision; Annual Report No. 30; changes in ownership laws; meeting the ACMA; complaints about accident coverage; a privacy review; complaints about ads for therapeutic goods; a conference on drugs; an article on Council conciliation and adjudication; a submission on Guardianship; the 2007 program; and conciliated complaints.

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