The laws that protect both whistleblowing and media freedom are manifestly failing in Australia,giving comfort to the corrupt,the unethical and the powerful.
The Albanese government has talked the talk on press freedom but its failure to intervene in two ongoing cases undermines its commitment to reform.
The latest Israeli air strikes further reduce our understanding of what is taking place inside the Gaza Strip at a time when accurate information is more important than ever.
The judgment must concern anyone who believes in the oversight role journalists play in a democracy.
High quality information is critical in a crisis. But the journalists delivering it must win the trust of the public they are supposed to be serving.
The way the Trump administration is prosecuting this case has serious implications for press freedom that nobody who believes in democracy can ignore.
A strategy of quiet diplomacy has failed to free Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert from detention in Iran.
Peter Hessler looks at the modern history of Egypt from refreshingly different points of view.
As someone who has been imprisoned by a foreign government for publishing material that it didn't like,I have a certain sympathy with Assange. But my support stops there.