Pagination
1-32Language
EnglishResearch statement
Background
This report reports on findings from an original project exploring the impacts of recent electronic surveillance laws in Australia on journalists, in addition to exploring the cyber-security preparedness of Australian journalists.
Contribution
This work contributes to a number of fields and areas of scholarly concern: it speaks directly to surveillance studies and the contemporary ways surveillance laws impact important public goods such as press freedom; it speaks to cyber-security and how populations such as journalists need to prepare for digital threats in the contemporary age; and it also has a socio-legal component that examines how Australian laws have impacted upon a particular cohort (i.e. journalists).
Significance
This is a landmark report for detailing how Australian journalism has been impacted by the introduction of various electronic surveillance laws since 2015. It was accompanied by a major public event at Deakin Downtown that had panellist contributions from Ms Ariel Bogle (ABC), Dr Suellete Dreyfus (University of Melbourne), and Mr Angus Murray (Irish Bentley Lawyers). It is offers an important exploration of how Australian journalists are currently responding to the increasing threat of electronic surveillance and planning to secure themselves (and their sources) over the long-term.Publication classification
A6 Research report/technical paperPublisher
Alfred Deakin InstitutePlace of publication
Geelong, Vic.
