The AJF Speaks at the Senate Inquiry into Secrecy Legislation Reforms

June 5, 2026
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The federal government’s complex reform package seeks to repeal or remove criminal penalties from roughly 300 lower-level secrecy provisions, replacing them with a single general secrecy offence, while also changing the threshold for what counts as a breach of secrecy.

"He gave me the strength to make it through" - Egypt's most prominent political prisoner safely home

September 24, 2025
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In Trump’s America, the shooting of a journalist is not a one-off. Press freedom itself is under attack

June 10, 2025
The video of a Los Angeles police officer shooting a rubber bullet at Channel Nine reporter Lauren Tomasi is as shocking as it is revealing.
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I’m relieved for Julian Assange. I’m also deeply concerned

February 10, 2025
Julian Assange is out of prison after agreeing to plead guilty to violating the US Espionage Act. He is expected…
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