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Photos: Freedom from or freedom of? How to win the FoI battle

Two of Melbourne’s top investigative reporters, Michael Bachelard and Ben Butler, discussed new tactics journalists can use to overcome refusals under the Freedom of Information Act at this MPC Masterclass event.

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Freedom from or freedom of? How to win the FoI battle

Hear two of Melbourne’s top investigative reporters on new tactics journalists can use to overcome refusals under the Freedom of Information Act.

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Masterclass: Public information mining with Ben Butler and Chris Vedelago

Learn how to navigate the opaque – and often hostile – public information channels of freedom of information, business, property and court searches.

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Press Council condemns Australian press freedom erosions

The Australian Press Council is calling on media to stand firm against the alarming erosion of access to information, privacy and protection of sources.

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Victorian courts in crisis: landmark report reveals need for urgent reform

A groundbreaking independent research report commissioned by the Melbourne Press Club and conducted by Monash University has found that public interest journalism in Victoria has reached crisis point due to severe limitations on court reporting, access to government sources, and freedom of information.

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The Edit: FOI Masterclass with Fiona Hudson

At our first Edit event for 2017, Herald Sun's FOI Editor Fiona Hudson answered all manner of questions about FOI journalism

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Chapter 3. A remarkable editor

On 14 December, 1976, there was a lunch in the Great Hall of the National Gallery of Victoria that was to give new prestige to the Melbourne Press Club. The memory of Graham Perkin was very fresh in all our minds. Perkin, editor-in-­chief of The Age, died suddenly of a heart attack on 16 October, 1975. He was 45.

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