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.

How will Meta’s refusal to pay for news affect Australian journalism – and our democracy?

March 15, 2024
When we speak of media freedom, we generally mean it in terms of freedom from unnecessary legal restrictions, so journalists and their sources are not threatened with prosecution for exposing the misdeeds of governments.
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Whistleblower Reform Submission - Stage Two

March 1, 2024
The Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom (AJF) appreciates the opportunity to make this submission to the Attorney-General’s stage 2 consultation on Public Sector Whistleblowing Reforms
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Submission to the Attorney-General’s Department Review of Secrecy Provisions

January 15, 2024
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