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Annual Report No. 34 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 Other Council activities Administration and activities ..............................................................46 General Press Releases Nos 286 - 289 ................................................49 Press Council Publications ..................................................................52 The Council Changes on the Council ......................................................................53 Council members as at 30 June 2010 ..................................................54 Code of Ethics for Council members ..................................................56 Council Meetings 2009-2010 ..............................................................56 Elected and appointed officers of the Council ....................................56 Statement of Financial Position ..........................................................57 Some Council members ......................................................................58 Publishers’ Statistics............................................................................ 59 Annual Report 34 was edited by Jack R Herman Printed by SOS Print+Media 2 Annual Report 2009-2010 Australian Press Council Julian Disney Chairman’s Foreword Chairman t was a pleasure and privilege to be invited to become Chair of the Council from December I2009. My predecessor, Prof Ken McKinnon, made an exceptional contribution to the development and achievements of the Council during his nine years in office. A tribute which was published in the The Council Council’s newsletter is reproduced in this report. I also has am especially indebted to him for the frank and wise sought and advice which he provided in response to my many supported requests during the period of transition. positive The Council’s activities during 2009-10 are government described in the body of this report. They include, of initiatives course, the central role of responding to complaints to improve by members of the public about particular content access to in newspapers, magazines or related websites. This information year saw continuing improvements in the speed and by the media effectiveness with which complaints were handled. and general The Council is nevertheless committed to further public, enhancing our performance. This foreword will particularly focus on three other areas in which the Council has in relation to continued or begun to become closely involved. government initiatives and processes. Freedom of speech and access to information Some of the Council’s research and advocacy in these areas has sought to prevent or reverse deteriorations resulting from governments’ purported concerns about terrorism and national security. The Council also has sought and supported positive government initiatives to improve access to information by the media and general public, particularly in relation to government initiatives and Privacy has processes. always been It was especially pleasing to see the major changes in law and policy concerning access to government an issue information which were initiated during the year by the Commonwealth and Tasmanian governments. of major There is a clear risk, of course, that this progress will be eroded as the governments stay longer concern to in office and intransigent bureaucrats marshal their resistance. However, the establishment of an the Council. Australian Information Commissioner and the excellent first appointment to that office give good grounds for optimism. Recent reports The Commonwealth Government’s recent commitment to far-ranging legislative protection for from three whistleblowers addressed an area which had been of major concern to the Council for many years. It must now be implemented, of course. The protection should apply not only to disclosure of Law Reform government information but also to other forms of public interest disclosure, including of corporate Commissions information. A necessary corollary is greater protection for journalists who preserve confidentiality have for their whistleblower sources, along the lines of recent New Zealand legislation. It is also good to contributed see the new Parliament taking up this issue through a Private Member’s Bill. to growing Privacy has always been an issue of major concern to the Council. Recent reports from three Law pressure for Reform Commissions have contributed to growing pressure for re-evaluation of existing laws and re-evaluation practices. The Council has recognised the need to contribute to this process because of its role in of existing promulgating principles which provide an exemption for print media from current laws. A review laws and of those principles will be undertaken during the coming year. On the related issues of suppression practices. orders and access to court information, the Council has welcomed some government responses to its concerns but will continue to seek greater transparency and further reform. 3 Australian Press Council Annual Report 2009-2010 Chairman’s Strengthening media standards Foreword The Council has decided to commence a major review of its standards and related material. This will include drawing on its existing statement of general principles to expand the range of specific situations for which it publishes guidelines or other advice. It will also draw on existing standards from other media regulators and publishers’ internal codes, and will canvass the views of consumers. Practical examples, whether real of or hypothetical, will accompany the standards in order to enhance their relevance and impact. The Council is also The Council is also beginning to strengthen dissemination of its standards. This will include seeking to embed them in internal materials which publishers instruct their staff to consult. Wider promotion beginning to of standards through interviews with print and electronic media will be actively sought, especially strengthen when particular journalistic practices are attracting public debate. Improvements in the prominence dissemination given to the Council’s published adjudications are being implemented. Consideration is also being of its given to broader publication of the essence of key adjudications and of key outcomes from the many standards. complaints to the Council which are resolved satisfactorily without a formal adjudication. This will An essential part of the Council’s responsibilities is to assess the practical effectiveness of its standards. include While consideration of individual complaints is valuable in this regard, the Council has previously seeking to undertaken or commissioned a number of systemic reviews of media coverage of particular issues embed them or events. The main aim has been to assess the adequacy or otherwise of the Council’s standards and in internal of compliance with them. This approach will continue to be a very important aspect of the Council’s materials work and will be complemented by convening regular Round Table discussions involving editors which and community leaders. publishers instruct Responding to the Internet their staff The advent of the Internet and related technologies is changing the role of the print media with ever- to consult. increasing speed. Many newspapers are placing greater emphasis on their on-line publications and Wider on making these publications readily available through mobile devices such as “smartphones” and promotion “tablets”. Publishers are tending to change on-line content more frequently, to include audio or video of standards material, and to incorporate or provide links to material from external sources including radio or TV. through Many newspaper publishers are, in effect, becoming multi-media enterprises. interviews These developments can enable a greater range of information and opinion to be accessed and with print and disseminated more widely, quickly and economically. On the other hand, the greater opportunities and electronic pressures to publish rapidly can adversely affect the accuracy and
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