Freedom of media

• ALA condemns secret filming of Assange’s legal meetings

  24th Feb 2020

  The filming of Julian Assange’s confidential conferences with his lawyers in the Ecuadorian Embassy is a deeply concerning development, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

• Lawyers call for Media Freedom Act to protect ‘frank and fearless’ journalism

  13th Aug 2019

  A Media Freedom Act would help address the current imbalance between national security laws and the important need to protect the independence of the media, said the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) in a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into media freedom.

• Broad clause in ‘foreign fighters’ bill could impact journalists and whistleblowers, say lawyers

  25th Jul 2019

  Journalists and whistleblowers could be adversely affected by the Counter Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019 that is now before the Senate, according to the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

• A free press and freedom of speech are fragile rights

  13th Jun 2019

  Greg Barns reflects on last week's police raids of the homes and workplaces of journalists and what this could mean for freedom of speech and freedom of the media.