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Australia going backwards on press freedom according to MEAA

Nico Arboleda

May 3, 2023 9:26

The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) has said Australia is going backwards on press freedom and is in further danger of eroding it without major changes to support public interest journalism.

In an announcement on its website for World Press Freedom Day 2023, the union is calling for reforms to national security laws, freedom of information, and defamation so that journalists can “confidently play their role to support democracy by ensuring the public knows what is done in their name by governments and their institutions”.

MEAA Media federal president Karen Percy

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Nico Arboleda was a contract reporter at Mumbrella, covering adtech and martech. He left Mumbrella in June 2023.

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Karen Percy MEAA Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance press freedom Reporters Sans Frontières

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