AUSTRALIAN PRESS COUNCIL Annual Report No. 34 Year ending 30 June 2010 Suite 10.02, 117 York Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 Australia Telephone: (02) 9261 1930 or (1800) 025 712 Fax: (02) 9267 6826 E-mail:
[email protected] Internet: http://www.presscouncil.org.au/ ISSN 0156-1308 Australian Press Council Annual Report 2009-2010 Contents Chairman’s Foreword ............................................................................3 Free Speech Issues Report on free speech issues .................................................................6 Charter of a Free Press in Australia ....................................................16 Adjudications and Complaints Adjudications Nos 1430 - 1460 ..........................................................17 Adjudication publication details .........................................................33 Complaints/adjudications 1976-2010 .................................................34 Index to Adjudications .......................................................................34 Complaints/adjudication statistics 2009-2010 ....................................35 Complaints not adjudicated .................................................................38 Changes in principles and procedures .................................................39 Statement of Principles .......................................................................41 Privacy Standards for the print media .................................................43 Complaints procedure .........................................................................45