| Description |
43 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Defamation. 1.1. What is defamation? -- 1.2. Who can be liable for defamation? -- 1.3. Defences to defamation -- 1.4 Remedies for defamation -- Ch. 2. Reporting the courts -- 2.1. Contempt -- 2.2. Jury deliberations -- 2.3. The media and the police -- 2.4. Restrictions on court reporting -- 2.5. Penalties for breach of court reporting laws -- Ch. 3. Obscenity, blasphemy, racial vilification -- Ch. 4. Gathering the news -- 4.1. Trespass -- 4.2. Listening devices and telephone tapping -- 4.3. Breach of confidence -- 4.4. Disclosure of sources -- Ch. 5. New technologies -- Ch. 6. Public complaints -- Ch. 7. Answers to common questions -- Ch. 8. Using the lawyers |
| Summary |
"People working in all areas of the media, whether television, radio, newspapers, books or magazines, need to be aware of the laws restricting the freedom of the press. This invaluable handbook is a brief guide to the main legal problems in day-to-day publishing." - Back cover |
| Notes |
'An ABC book' -- Cover |
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'Published by ABC Enterprises for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation' --T.p. verso |
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Includes index |
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Previous ed.: 1997 |
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1999 ; illustrations Allan Stomann 1990 |
| Subject |
Journalists -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
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Press law -- Australia -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Press law -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Van Driesum, Rob, (Lecturer)
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Legal Department
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| LC no. |
00002015 |
| ISBN |
073330639X |
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