Australia prides itself on freedom of expression, yet we have the most draconian laws in the Western world. How can we uphold a free press when defamation law is having a chilling effect on our media and threatens to undermine the very foundations of investigative journalism?
Category: Freedom of Expression
Our research team – spanning economics, journalism and media – used rankings on press freedom from the US-based Freedom House and data on economic growth to examine 97 countries from 1972 to 2014
Source: Curbs on press freedom come with a cost, new research reveals
They are all active white supremacists; two of them are violent felons.
Source: These Are The Three Richard Spencer Fans Arrested For Attempted Homicide In Gainesville | HuffPost
Macklemore’s pro-same-sex-marriage song returns to the top of the charts after criticism from some conservative politicians about the singer’s scheduled performance at the NRL grand final.
Edward Snowden believed that the government fundamentally “had noble intents,” as did the American people. However, admitting he was naive, Snowden discusses the upper echelons of government and how they are pervaded with corruption, giving him the understanding that led him to do what he did – whistleblow on mass surveillance programs. Snowden insists that […]
Source: Edward Snowden Explains Who Really Rules The United States – It’s Not The Russians…
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