Australia's National Security Proposals Will Criminalize Journalists, Says Union

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By: Katharine Murphy | The Guardian

Australia’s media union has warned the Abbott government’s looming national security changes will have a “chilling effect” on public-interest journalism and expose reporters to legitimate complaints about breaches of their professional ethics.

The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance has warned the federal parliament’s joint intelligence and security committee the first tranche of the Coalition’s national security reforms will “criminalise journalists and journalism."

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