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Peter Greste

  • Chair in Journalism and Communication, University of Queensland
Australia
As seen in: CNN, MSN Australia, MSN Ireland, MSN UK, BBC, The Guardian, The Guardian Australia, The Independent (UK), ABC News (Australia), Newsweek and
Professor of Journalism @MediaCommsMQ, author, journalist and speaker. After prison in Egypt, I advocate #MediaFreedom. RTs are just that.
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Trump’s decision to ban journalists from the White House – and One Nation’s actions – shows why Australia urgently needs a media freedom bill

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By Peter Greste
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‘We shouldn’t wait until journalists deemed unfriendly are being kicked out of Parliament House or worse before we think about writing their role into legislation,’ Peter Greste writes. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP No politician loves journalists. The relationship between media and governments has always been fractious, combative, resentful and at times downright hostile. But that is how it is meant to be. Governments wield power; media monitor and report on it.
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Pauline Hanson has knocked another brick out of our creaky political system. It's not good for anybody

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By Peter Greste
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Peter Greste Democracy's lifeblood is information. But like any bloodstream, the more gunk that flows through it, the less healthy the system. For public debate to work, we all need reliable information grounded in facts and ethics, and the way we've done that for almost two centuries is through good journalism. The system isn't always perfect – and sometimes it can look downright unedifying – but it has generally helped deliver one of the world's most stable and successful political systems.
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Pauline Hanson has knocked another brick out of our creaky political system. It’s not good for anybody

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By Peter Greste
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In an instant, Pauline Hanson has wiped out the neutral position that journalists so jealously guard, Peter Greste writes. Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters Democracy’s lifeblood is information. But like any bloodstream, the more gunk that flows through it, the less healthy the system. For public debate to work, we all need reliable information grounded in facts and ethics, and the way we’ve done that for almost two centuries is through good journalism.
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