Published: June 08, 2019
Opposition says it tried to add safeguards to Coalition laws that reduced whistleblower protections
Labor will examine any legislative proposals to protect press freedom in Australia, it’s deputy leader says, with the storm surrounding last week’s police raids on journalists showing no signs of abating.
Labor has defended its role in helping to pass national security legislation which curtailed media freedoms and protections for whistleblowers in the past two terms of Coalition government, with the opposition sensitive to any criticism it was “soft” on the issue.
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