Right now the focus of media law reform in Australia is on privacy, and that is understandable, particularly since it is so long overdue.
Contempt of court
No Underbelly for Victoria; Nine shoots itself in the foot
What a disaster. The Underbelly series will not go to air in Victoria or online, with all that implies for Channel Nine in the ratings this year, writes Margaret Simons.
They should have seen this underbelly coming
the Channel Nine series Underbelly, by all accounts a landmark piece of drama, is introuble. How on earth did things get to this stage – with the whole series under threat and with it Channel Nine’s hopes for the new year? Who were the lawyers, and what did they advise? Margaret Simons writes.
Media briefs and TV ratings
The Parrot’s ruffling feathers… again … Unfortunate ad placement … McLeod’s Daughter’s wraps up a tough year … Last night’s TV ratings.
It’s time to reconsider the laws of contempt
Yesterday was one of those days in Australian legal history which should be marked on the calendar. Hopefully it is remembered as the day when at last Australia’s justice system began to slowly creep into the 21st century and began to reform its contempt of court laws, writes Greg Barns.
