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If Senate won’t defeat #DataRetention bill terrorists and criminals will: @sortius comments

Posted by Kieran Cummings | 23 March 2015

With the federal government’s metadata retention bill having passed the lower house, and all...

Civil liberties councils bring #Citizenfour to Canberra. @jeevens reports.

Posted by Jeremy Stevens | 11 February 2015

There’s a nagging sensation in your gut when you watch Citizenfour. The BAFTA award-winning...

Breaking News: Sex, Lies and the Murdoch Succession by Paul Barry

Posted by Tony Yegles | 1 November 2013

By Margaret O’Connor 1 November 2013 If you want a quick and telling glimpse of the psychopathology that infested Rupert Murdoch’s power house tabloid News of the World (NoTW), turn to the Leveson Inquiry Hearings for...

The basics on blogging and tweeting without getting sued

Posted by Mark Pearson | 29 May 2013

Margo: This is the third post in our series exploring the meaning of journalism. Professor Mark Pearson, an expert in media law, outlines the basic legal issues journos must keep in mind. by Mark Pearson May 29, 2013 Countless...