On the release of its annual report into the state of press freedom in Australia today, the union for Australian journalists is calling for serious reforms to reverse a raft of ‘national security’ laws that can be used to criminalise journalism and punish whistleblowers for telling the truth, and which have sent Australia backwards on press freedom.
The War on Journalism is MEAA’s annual report into the state of press freedom in Australia in 2020.
The MEAA press freedom reports are released on UNESCO World Press Freedom Day, May 3, every year.
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The slide in Australia’s position on the World Press Freedom Index shows the government must reverse its assaults on press freedom.
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