Publications Index

The Council produces a number of publications, available either free or at a small price from the Council. Some more recent publications are available on this site as pdf documents.

News Print Media report

The Council has now published the 2007 Supplement to the 2006 State of the News Print Media in Australia report. The 2006 report is still available online or can be purchased for $6 (GST inclusive) from the Council office.

Publications available free on request

1. Annual Reports:  Annual Report No. 30 (2005-2006 ) has been published and is posted to this website as a pdf (588 kB). (Also posted is information on publications and circulations for Rural Press P/L that arrived too late for the hardcopy publication.) Back issues of most other Annual Reports are available in hardcopy from the Press Council office.
   
   
2. APC News: The News has been published quarterly since February 1989 and copies of most are available in print form. The contents of the 1994 News, 1995 News, 1996 News, 1997 News, 1998 News, 1999 News, 2000 News, 2001 News, 2002 News, 2003 News, 2004 News, 2005 News, 2006 News and posted issues of the 2007 News are available on this site and more will be added later.
   
   
3. Booklets: There is currently one booklet in print:

   No. 9.  Aims, Principles and Complaints Procedure (144 kB)

4. The Twentieth Anniversary Papers:
   Five booklets published from October-December 1996 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Council:
   1. The reporting of suicide, particularly youth suicide. The transcript of an invitation only roundtable discussion involving mental health professionals, carer groups and the media.
   
   
   2. Whither the Australian Press Council? The formation, function and future of the Council (130 kB). Deborah Kirkman's MA History thesis on the Council.
   
   
   3. The Australian Press Council Fellow 1995: Professor John Soloski. The speeches given by the US defamation law reform expert during his trip to Australia in 1995.
   
   
   4. The Australian Press Council survey of complainants (115 kB). The complete report, with tables, of the Council's survey of complainants of 1988-9 to 1992-3.
   
   
   5. The Australian Press Council Fellow 1996: Professor Claude-Jean Bertrand. The speeches given by the French expert on media ethics during his trip to Australia in 1996.
   
   
5. Occasional papers:
   
   
   1. To Name or Not to Name
   
   
   2. Ten Year Report 1987-1997 (139 kB). Professor David Flint's report of his ten year's at the helm of the Council. Published together with a speech on the media.
   
   
   3. 1999 Australian Press Council Fellow (186 kB). David Robie's trip report and speeches.

Available for a small fee

News Print Media report

State of the News Print Media in Australia 2006. $6 (GST inclusive). Also published on-line.

2007 Supplement to the State of the News Print Media in Australia 2006. Published on-line (from 18 October 2007) and in pdf format.

Proceedings of Press Council Seminars
[All prices include postage within Australia or by sea-mail overseas.]

1. Freedom of the Press; Role of the Press Council
   (Sydney 1986) - $3.00
2. Australian Media In the 1990sl
   (Melbourne 1989) - out of print
3. Media Ownership; Defamation Lawsl
   (Gold Coast 1989) - $10.00
4. Race, Press, Freedom of Speechl
   (Perth 1990) - $5.00
5. Defamation Law Reform - the Attorneys'-General Proposal
   (Sydney 1990) - $3.50
6. Press Ethics: Are There Any?
   (Wollongong 1990) - $3.50
7. Investigative Journalism: How Probing?
   (Adelaide 1991) - $5.00
8. The Press and Cultural Sensitivities
   (Darwin 1992) - $5.00
9. Privacy and the Press
   (Melbourne 1993) - $3.50
10. The Constitution and Freedom of Speech
    (Corowa 1993) - $3.50
11. Public Figures and the Press
    (Toowoomba 1994) - $6.00
12. The Role and Responsibility of Country Newspapers
    (Mount Gambier 1994) - $400
13. Newspapers: A Voice For All?
    (Hobart 1995) - $4.00
14. The Back Page: the Press' Coverage of Sport
    (Ballarat 1995) - $4.00
15. Government Business and the Media
    (Fremantle 1996) - $4.00
16. The Role of the Press in the Reconciliation Process
    (Cairns 1997) - $4.00
17. The Regional Press, Privacy and the Press Council
    (Bathurst 1997) - $4.00
18.   The Reporting of Gambling Issues
    - 153 kB - (Melbourne 1998) - $4.00
19.   The Reporting of National Politics
    - 198 kB - (Canberra 1998) - $4.00
20.   WAPC Oceania Conference
    - 702 kB - (Brisbane 1999) - $10.00
21.   What is News?
    - 144 kB - (Launceston, November 1999) - $5.00

Proceedings of a Seminar held jointly with the ACIJ

1. "Commercial Confidentiality v. the Public Right to Know" is available from the ACIJ (PO Box 123, BROADWAY NSW 2007) at $15 each.

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