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Security laws attack Australia's press freedom
Sources News Release
http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR2224.htm
Publisher: International Federation of Journalists
Date Written: 29/09/2014
Year Published: 2014
Resource Type: Article
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in describing the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill No 1 an outrageous attack on press freedom in Australia.
Abstract: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in describing the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill No 1 an outrageous attack on press freedom in Australia.
The amendment bill was ‘urgently’ pushed through the Senate receiving 44 votes to 12 on Thursday night with bipartisan support from the Labor Party. The amendments which include imposing up to 10 years in jail for journalists for ‘unauthorised disclosur...
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