By framing censorship as ‘voluntary’, Australian security officials aim to manage the flow of defence and intelligence information without the unsightly friction of overt legal compulsion.
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REVEALED: SECRET PLANS TO INTRODUCE MEDIA CENSORSHIP IN AUSTRALIA
Moves to restrict just what journalists can report on defence and intelligence matters are underway – and journalists need to get up to speed fast.
ACCOUNTABILITY AND WAR REPORTING
Most reporting of Western wars and conflict – as with current reporting of Palestine and early reporting of Vietnam 50 years ago – is missing context and interpretation.
THE DANGER OF TELLING THE TRUTH
Correcting unfactual spin in the public broadcaster’s stories of the Ukraine and Gaza wars, cost one New Zealand journalist his job, but the public is losing far more.
SILENCING THE MESSENGER
Israel kills journalists, while the West merely censors them.
THERE IS A WAR COMING, SHROUDED IN PROPAGANDA
John Pilger’s final essay investigates why today there is ‘a silence filled by a consensus of propaganda’ as the world’s two greatest powers draw closer to conflict.
THE SECRET RULES OF WAR
In war, the rule of law can be a ‘flexible’ concept – but one man stepped forward and blew the whistle on the secret cover-up of Australian war crimes.
THE TIME FOR LOUD DIPLOMACY – A COMMENTARY
Despite a year of grace given to the Prime Minister for ‘quiet diplomacy’ to work, the release of Julian Assange from political incarceration and extradition looks as remote as ever – so it seems it’s time to get out the loudhailer once more.
SILENT COLLABORATOR – AUSTRALIA
EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s official neglect of detained WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, is revealed in Federal Government files obtained under FOI legislation.
THE QUEEN’S COUP
Queen Elizabeth II of England advised the Governor-General he could overthrow the elected government of Australia – and he did.
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