Page 2286 - Week 06 - Thursday, 6 June 2019
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As a politician, sometimes with journos and the media it may feel when you are in the line of fire that you are not getting a fair go, but they really are the only organisations that hold politicians to account through their reporting of the work that governments do. I want to put on the record my concern about the raid of the ABC, following the raid of journalist Annika Smethurst. This seems to be a kind of attack on the public’s right to know about what is going on with our governments. Police raiding journalists seems to be becoming a bit more normalised. I am personally not very comfortable with that.
So I want to lend my support to the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance and their members. I encourage other members in this place to see what is going on, sign up to the petition that the MEAA are asking people to sign, and support action that calls for the opportunity for journalists and media organisations like the ABC to continue to do their job, to allow the public to know what is going on with governments in this country.
Question resolved in the affirmative.
The Assembly adjourned at 5.48 pm until Tuesday, 30 July 2019,
at 10 am.
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