And now a coalition of media groups, 'Australia's Right to Know Coalition', is fronting the parliamentary intelligence committee's inquiry on press freedom. That includes an ABC investigative journo, the head of the media union, and representatives from News Corp and Nine.
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Nine's regulatory affairs director Clare Gill: "I think the fact that they don't track the number [of warrants] is a cultural issue." She says if critical thought was being used, then they would track the number of warrants on journos.
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Senator Abetz is asking if journos still get copyright payments, couple of heads shaking there. We got a flat copyright payment at the Canberra Times.
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I'm trying to get at what Abetz was getting at there.
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Now talking on defamation law and its effect on press freedom. ABC's Maley says in some areas, journos are "defending imputations that we didn't intend or we don't believe we made".
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Abetz asks if he could suggest that it's defamation laws and not national security laws that are weighing more heavily on reporters minds. A few nods on that.
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Free TV chief executive Bridget Fair has asked if we can get back to talking about the national security laws impact on press freedom.
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And they're done. Law Council of Australia is up next.
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I've got to file folks - if anyone's still listening after my fuck up this morning - so won't give the LCA the attention it deserves right now.
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