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Media Alliance calls for better access to asylum seekers

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 30/07/2011 - 6:46pm

MEAA Press Release July 26th 2011 The Media Alliance has written to the minister for immigration, Chris Bowen, and the minister for home affairs, Brendan O’Connor, calling on them to re-examine the guidelines under which journalists are allowed access to asylum seeker detention centres and detainees, and to review the policy for releasing footage of incoming asylum seeker vessels.

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
Australia's Mandatory Detention
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Fair go Fairfax - Don't discount journalism

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 18/05/2011 - 5:53pm

Working journalists at Fairfax Media are engaged in a fight for their future and the future of their newspapers. The announcement this week by Fairfax management that they intend to rip $25 million out of the cost of running their major metropolitan mastheads, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age by sacking up to 100 subeditors and other production staff, is a plan that risks irrevocable damage to these loved and respected newspapers.

Geography: 
Melbourne
Keywords: 
The Age
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