David Weisbrot named as next chair of the Press Council
David Weisbrot
University of Sydney professor David Weisbrot has been named as the next head of the Australian Press Council to replace outgoing chairman Julian Disney.
Weisbrot, a professor of law at the university is set to take up the new role from March when Disney steps down. He is was president of the Australian Law Reform Commission for a decade to 2009, and is currently a part-time commissioner of the NSW Law Reform Commission; vice-president of the Australian Academy of Law; a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Garvan Institute’s Centre for Clinical Genomics; and a director of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.
Today the APC has also announced two new members, with left-leaning independent investigative news site New Matilda and Industry Superfunds backed news site The New Daily joining some of the country’s biggest publishers.
It is not an easy job being on the APC. Nobody likes it when they are criticised and News Corporation only likes it when someone tells them how good the organisation it.