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Australia's secrecy laws include 875 offences. Reforms are welcome but don't go far enough for press

Peter Greste says it's laudable that the government recognises the threats to media freedom embedded in the law, but the answers in the review are more of the same: a set of band aids, rather than a comprehensive cure.

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Dramatic deterioration in world press freedom

This year’s World Press Freedom Index data reflected a dramatic deterioration in access to information and an increase in obstacles to news coverage.

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New encryption laws threaten journalism: tech experts

Encryption legislation rushed through Federal Parliament last year 2018 create a serious threat to investigative journalism, according to tech experts.

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Greste alliance presses Canberra on rights

 The Alliance for Journalists' Freedom calls for Australia to use its UN Human Rights Commission leverage as global press freedom trends downwards.

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"Journalists could go to jail for doing their jobs"

Australian media organisations express concern over proposed national security legislation

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MEAA releases 2017 Press Freedom Report

'The Chilling Effect' details numerous challenges, some old, some new, to the free operation of media in contemporary Australia

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Press freedom is under attack, not least in Australia

The MEAA's Mike Dobbie paints a grim picture of the situation of the media worldwide in the lead-up to the alliance's annual press freedom report.

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'Criminalising the Truth': 2016 MEAA press freedom report

On the MEAA 2016 press freedom report Criminalising the Truth, Suppressing the Right to Know

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Australian ‘war on journalism': MEAA press freedom report

Inside the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance 2015 press freedom report.

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