POLITICAL JOURNALISM: Censorship in Australia: Intrusions into media freedom flying beneath the international free expression radar

Australia has ranked among the top 30 nations in recent world press freedom surveys published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Freedom House and is broadly regarded as a substantially free Western liberal democracy. This article considers how the methodologies of those organisations assess the...

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Autores principales:	Joseph Fernandez, Mark Pearson
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2015
Materias:	asylum seekers Australia democracy freedom of information media freedom media law Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:610b0c8c63864e0c859fa30b16e032b82021-12-02T11:07:33ZPOLITICAL JOURNALISM: Censorship in Australia: Intrusions into media freedom flying beneath the international free expression radar10.24135/pjr.v21i1.1471023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/610b0c8c63864e0c859fa30b16e032b82015-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/147https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035Australia has ranked among the top 30 nations in recent world press freedom surveys published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Freedom House and is broadly regarded as a substantially free Western liberal democracy. This article considers how the methodologies of those organisations assess the impact upon media freedom of a range of recent decisions and actions by Australian politicians, judges and government agencies. There is considerable evidence of a shift towards official secrecy and suppression of information flow. However, according to this analysis such developments are unlikely to impact significantly on Australia’s international ranking in media freedom indices. This article uses the methodologies of RSF and Freedom House to explore whether the international free expression organisations’ criteria are justifiably weighted towards violence against journalists, their imprisonment and formal anti-press laws and might allow for a nuanced comparison of other evidence of constraints on the news media in developed democracies.Joseph FernandezMark PearsonAsia Pacific Networkarticleasylum seekersAustraliademocracyfreedom of informationmedia freedommedia lawCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 21, Iss 1 (2015)
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description	Australia has ranked among the top 30 nations in recent world press freedom surveys published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Freedom House and is broadly regarded as a substantially free Western liberal democracy. This article considers how the methodologies of those organisations assess the impact upon media freedom of a range of recent decisions and actions by Australian politicians, judges and government agencies. There is considerable evidence of a shift towards official secrecy and suppression of information flow. However, according to this analysis such developments are unlikely to impact significantly on Australia’s international ranking in media freedom indices. This article uses the methodologies of RSF and Freedom House to explore whether the international free expression organisations’ criteria are justifiably weighted towards violence against journalists, their imprisonment and formal anti-press laws and might allow for a nuanced comparison of other evidence of constraints on the news media in developed democracies.
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title	POLITICAL JOURNALISM: Censorship in Australia: Intrusions into media freedom flying beneath the international free expression radar
title_short	POLITICAL JOURNALISM: Censorship in Australia: Intrusions into media freedom flying beneath the international free expression radar
title_full	POLITICAL JOURNALISM: Censorship in Australia: Intrusions into media freedom flying beneath the international free expression radar
title_fullStr	POLITICAL JOURNALISM: Censorship in Australia: Intrusions into media freedom flying beneath the international free expression radar
title_full_unstemmed	POLITICAL JOURNALISM: Censorship in Australia: Intrusions into media freedom flying beneath the international free expression radar
title_sort	political journalism: censorship in australia: intrusions into media freedom flying beneath the international free expression radar
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