Julian Clarke backs The Australian’s campaign against the Press Council

August 21, 2014 1:15

The CEO of News Corp has this morning questioned the “direction” of the Australian Press Council (APC) claiming it has gone “missing” on the issue of press freedom.

Speaking after today’s newspaper CEOs forum, Julian Clarke backed the “deliberate campaign” of The Australian which in recent weeks has begun publishing confidential adjudications before the APC claiming the self regulatory body has been overstepping its authority.

“We have concerns about certain deliberations that have been made that affect us,” said Clarke, in response to a question from Mumbrella, following the end of The Newspaper Works’s CEOs panel Future Forum.

“I think you have to look at the four basic principles of the Council that it is there for. You know what number one is? Freedom of the press and the Council has gone missing in recent time with very important issues about freedom of the press.

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Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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2 COMMENTS

Balls 21 Aug 14

Why doesn’t he simply stop funding it? If his board members have failed to convince the council then that is the course news must adopt. But they won’t because they want a lapdog.

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Glass houses 22 Aug 14

Would that be the freedom of the press to publish financial details of competitors?

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