2008 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 2008 Australian Press Council News

Getting the balance right
Deborah Kirkman examines Council adjudications dealing with redress.
Developments in the defence of fair comment
Case Note: The Manock case.
News
News and information about the News by Email, 2007-2008 APC Prize, a vacancy on the Council; a trip to New Zealand; submissions on privacy, children in court and freedom of information; two opinion articles, one on the WA CCC and one on Commissioner Keelty's views on court suppression; the expulsion of a publisher from Fiji; generic images of children; and conciliated complaints.
Fairfax v Hitchcock
A Case Note on the public interest.

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May 2008 Australian Press Council News

Chicken Little or Pollyanna?
A conference on the future of journalism.
The fight goes on
Review of a press freedom report.
News
News and information about the News by Email, 2007-2008 APC Prize, a clarification; a new member of staff; a member's memoir; Planning Day; review of the Principles; a visit to NZ; a visitng press council; AFL media bans; East Timor considering media laws; reporting children's courts; a raid on a newspaper; freedom of information; sexualisation of children; and conciliated complaints.
Interview: John Fleetwood

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August 2008 Australian Press Council News

A reasonable expectation
Inez Ryan on the ALRC's Privacy report.
News
News and information about the News by Email, 2008-2009 APC Prize, changes on the Council; Planning Day; FoI; access to court documents; AFL bans AAP; Timor Leste; an amicus brief; an editors' forum; internships; a complaints 'clearing house'; whistleblowers; and conciliated complaints.
Whistleblowers and the media
Inez Ryan looks at the landscape.
The Wisdom of Solomon
Moira Paterson comments on an FoI report.
The Mosley case
A Case Note on a privacy matter.

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November 2008 Australian Press Council News

The State of the News Print Media
Ken McKinnon's introduction to the 2008 report.
News
News and information about the News by Email, 2008-2009 APC Prize, changes on the Council; a submission on privacy; changes to FoI; access to courts; press freedom; the Queensland CMC; a forum; the 2008 State of the News Print Media in Australia; Planning Day; whistleblowers; case studies; courts; sources; and conciliated complaints.
Privacy: deja vu again
The ALRC's proposal then - and now.
Press Council Prize
Presentation at the University of Tasmania.

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