tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18815215.post6609438188408772942..comments2024-03-03T19:26:23.287+11:00Comments on Open and Shut: Federation as usual as shield laws don coat of different coloursPeter Timminshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04589018910216965607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18815215.post-13799842310045490102011-12-09T15:49:45.596+11:002011-12-09T15:49:45.596+11:00Thanks- a good piece made even better by no mentio...Thanks- a good piece made even better by no mention of my initial confusion over the definitions.Peter Timminshttp://www.foi-privacy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18815215.post-35574564762780671912011-12-09T08:49:35.426+11:002011-12-09T08:49:35.426+11:00Hah! All too easy, Peter!
My ABC piece is now onl...Hah! All too easy, Peter!<br /><br />My ABC piece is now online, and you're quoted:<br />"When is a journalist not a journalist"<br />http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/3721210.htmlStilgherrianhttp://stilgherrian.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18815215.post-44496170752459731672011-12-08T07:21:47.105+11:002011-12-08T07:21:47.105+11:00I did it again! I grabbed Senator Ludlam's for...I did it again! I grabbed Senator Ludlam's foreshadowed amendment rather than the words as used in the act<br />http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/legcon_ctte/evidenceamendment_journalistsprivilege_billd/report/d02.htm<br /><br />Thanks-and sorry for the confusion.Peter Timminshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04589018910216965607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18815215.post-66895236539661360782011-12-08T05:07:28.738+11:002011-12-08T05:07:28.738+11:00Peter, have you got your 1 December correction rig...Peter, have you got your 1 December correction right?<br /><br />I'm researching this very issue of the definition of a journalist for a piece for ABC The Drum today, and according to AustLII the Commonwealth Evidence Act 1995 s126G says journalist is defined as "a person who is engaged and active in the publication of news and who may be given information by an informant in the expectation that the information may be published in a news medium."<br /><br />http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ea199580/s126g.htmlStilgherrianhttp://stilgherrian.comnoreply@blogger.com