There’s an inevitability about the renewed debate over privacy laws. The Australian media is ready for the fight, with complex questions over how any framework would operate.
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SPEECH: Paul Keating on privacy in the information age
Former prime minister Paul Keating is delivering a speech to the Centre for Advance Journalism, University of Melbourne, tonight on the ‘privacy imperative in the information age’. Crikey has the speech.
Moves to define “journalism” in the eyes of the law
Astonishingly there is no definition of journalism in Australian law. That’s one of the revelations in the ALRC’s paper on privacy law reform and it’s of great relevance because the Commission wants to define journalism in a way that will reduce the media’s capacity to report freely.
