Monday, October 21, 2019

Black Vegemite Ink - Your Right To Know: Bizarre twist at the end of Meryl Streep's film The Laundromat

Media unites to rally for press freedom, taking campaign to front pages and airwaves - Politics - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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The nation's media companies have redacted their front pages to highlight the constraints on media organisations under a strict national security legislation.

Newspaper front pages across Australia were censored on Monday as a coalition of media rivals intensify the campaign to remove laws criminalising journalism and targeting whistleblowers. The media coalition also demands the repeal of laws that needlessly prevent the release of basic information that is in the public interest. But the government, while sympathetic to press freedom, said the rule of law must also be upheld and no one was above the law.
"That includes me, or any journalist, or anyone else,'' Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.....

Why Australia's media front pages are blacked out today - SBS Ethnic News 

Every time a government imposes new restrictions on what journalists can report, Australians should ask: “What are they trying to hide from me?” Why has the government made rules to keep myself and other Australians in the dark?
Australians fear laws denying them basic information
Every major daily Australian newspaper, including The Australian Financial Review, blacked out their front pages on Monday, while metropolitan and regional TV and radio broadcasters ran commercials on Sunday night and Monday morning highlighting a government culture that attempts to cover up information that is in the public interest but may be embarrassing.



All of Australia’s major media organisations have joined forces to call for reforms to protect public interest journalism in Australia. The Australia’s Right to Know coalition includes Nine, News Corp, the ABC, SBS, The Guardian, and journalists’ union the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance. The campaign, an unprecedented show of unity between competitors, is pushing for stronger protections for media freedom after years of perceived deterioration. The outlets are seeking to combat a growing culture of secrecy that restricts journalists’ ability to hold the powerful to account.



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