New research shows Victoria’s commitment to open justice is under serious threat – and that has big implications for all of us.
- Associate Professor, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
A Senate report has found FOI does not function as intended in Australia, and recommends significant changes.
Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code has garnered global interest – but the Canadians want a model with more transparency.
The government now has a comprehensive blueprint on how to become more open and transparent on all levels, including national security. It’s time to walk the talk — but I’m not holding my breath.
The news Foxtel received a speedy funding boost as the ABC faces another round of damaging cost cuts will raise eyebrows. And questions about how we spend taxpayers’ money.
Belum pernah sebelumnya dalam sejarah manusia yang tercatat kita pernah melihat industri mana pun mencapai tingkat konsentrasi kepemilikan yang ditunjukkan oleh perusahaan media sosial.
Until the two giants change, Twitter’s political ad ban will have little effect on elections around the globe.
Lack of scrutiny of the Coalition, barrage of criticism aimed at Labor: News Corp’s coverage of the election campaign has been the definition of partisan.
A new book examines the relationship between national security and access to information in Australia, New Zealand, US, UK and Canada, comparing it with other countries around the world.
Targeting Witness K and his lawyer in the Timor-Leste bugging case shows a government increasingly hostile to the media.
There are a lot of misconceptions regarding what a public broadcaster is. But one thing it is not is a government or state broadcaster.
It’s increasingly difficult for investigative journalists to hold governments to account – partly due to anti-terror and security laws making it harder for whistleblowers to act.
There are plenty of models around the globe where governments are supporting public interest journalism at arm’s length.
Imagine, for a moment, if there were no independent journalists left to decipher PR spin.
Successive Australian governments have dehumanised refugees and kept Australians in the dark about what really goes on in the offshore detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island.
In a year and a half the Abbott government managed, in practice, to undo the painstaking reforms of the federal Freedom of Information (FOI) system.
Financial journalism standards have been declining, and with each new financial downturn the public has been ill served.
The disclosure of the full business case for the East West road link in Melbourne confirmed what many had suspected – the project is a dud. The release also unequivocally shows that the Victorian Freedom…
Tony Abbott’s 2013 election platform promised to “restore accountability and improve transparency measures to be more accountable to you”. In spite of this promise the first Abbott government budget will…
In a landmark ruling, the Western Australian Supreme Court has dismissed an attempt from mining magnate Gina Rinehart to force a journalist to disclose his sources and materials. Steve Pennells, a senior…
Fairfax investigative journalists Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker had a small win in a Melbourne court yesterday. Their barrister told the court that a previous ruling agreeing that the magistrate had…
Greater transparency and improved access for the media to interview asylum seekers in detention is required say human rights lawyers, after three separate incidents of self-harm at the Nauru processing…
Reforms to Freedom of Information law in 2010 have proved ineffective, with delays continuing and complaints rising. The Department of Immigration, which receives more FOI requests than any other government…
An independent inquiry has found that the way media is regulated in Australia is not rigorous enough to ensure accountability and transparency. It proposes that a new statutory body, the News Media Council…
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