The ABC must commission an independent inquiry into the broadcaster’s independence from outside interference and apologise for allowing external pressure to influence the dismissal of Antoinette Lattouf and attempts to have other journalists sacked in recent years.
We stand with our colleagues at Nine Darwin, who have been blindsided by management’s decision to decimate the bureau and cut all but one reporter and one camera operator job.
The axing of more experienced journalists by Australian Community Media (ACM) is another blow to communities who rely on local papers for critical and relevant information.
MEAA comments in response to INSLM Issues Paper, Data Disruption, network activity and account takeover warrants in the Crimes Act 1914 and Surveillance Devices Act 2004.
MEAA’s interest in the questions arising in the Issues Paper concerns mitigating the risk that the use of SLAID warrants may, in particular circumstances, be destructive to the public interest in the work of journalists ...
