MEAA has written to China’s Ambassador to Australia to express its concern at the revoking by China of three Wall Street Journal foreign correspondents’ press credentials. One of the three is Australian journalist Philip Wen who has worked in the Australian media for several years during which time he was a member of MEAA Media.
MEAA’s letter has been copied to ...
The decision of the Federal Court to dismiss the ABC’s challenge to the validity of the Australian Federal Police raids last year shows there are still ongoing and serious threats to press freedom in Australia.
MEAA is concerned at the increase in the use of secret Journalist Information Warrants to access journalists’ telecommunications data for the purpose of identifying journalists’ confidential sources.
Australia’s Right to Know (ARTK) coalition of media organisations (included MEAA) submission to the Council of Attorneys-General Defamation Work Party regarding the Consultation Draft (Consultation Draft) of the Model Defamation Amendment Provisions (Draft Provisions).
“We reiterate here that we cannot accept dilly-dallying with less than optimally functioning defamation law in the future as has been allowed to happen to date.”
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