Tuesday, 26 September 2006

The Alliance has delivered its submission to the Senate's Environment, Communications, Information Technology and The Arts Committee regarding its inquiry into the Broadcasting Services Amendments (Media Ownership) Bill 2006 and the bills relating to digital television, television licences and enforcement powers of the communications legislation after the bills were sent to Senate committee last week. The Alliance also responds to Minister Coonan's discussion paper on the two channels of spectrum for new digital services. Broadly, the Alliance supports measures that underpin a speedy transition to digital services but remains firmly opposed to amendments to the cross-media ownership rules and lifting of the foreign ownership restrictions. Read the Alliance submission to the Senate Committee here.

Friday, 22 September 2006

Congratulations & thank you to everyone who participated in last Thursday's industrial action. All ABC Radio & Television Broadcasts were seriously disrupted. The ABC appeared to have been overwhelmed by the depth and breadth of the industrial action, considering the one-week notice management had of the action, nationally, programmes were scattered and amateurish.

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Thursday, 21 September 2006

Alliance members employed at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) will take protected industrial action in their fight for a new collectively bargained enterprise agreement.

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Thursday, 07 September 2006

An Alliance press release has expressed concerns at the decision of the High Court of Australia failing to uphold the intent and purpose of Australia's freedom of information laws. The decision this morning in the case of Michael McKinnon versus the Treasury Department is a significant undermining of the principle of the public's right to know. View the release here...

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Friday, 25 August 2006

JUST Super and the Walkley Foundation for Journalism are proud to announce the winners and finalists of the 2006 JUST Super Student Journalist of the Year Award. There were a total of 81 entries to the award, making competition fierce among a student community producing a very strong calibre of work.

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Friday, 25 August 2006

The Alliance says the all governments should move quickly to implement their commitment to provide some qualified privilege for journalists. This comes after a Victorian Supreme Court decision to pursue contempt charges against Canberra-based Herald Sun journalists Michael Harvey and Gerard McManus.

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