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Privacy and Media Law

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The aim of this unit of study is to provide students with an overview of the laws that affect broadcasting and print media in Australia. Principle topics in privacy law will include clarification of concepts; the legal profile of privacy; territorial privacy or intrusion; information privacy; the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and its sectoral applications; databases and identifiers; comparison between Australian and overseas regimes; industry codes and regulation; common law actions indirectly protecting privacy interests; and current issues. Topics in media law will include freedom of speech in Australia and elsewhere; civil defamation law; court reporting; contempt of court; reporting political events; contempt of Parliament; the Press Council; illegal publications.

Unit details

  • Location:
  • College:
    College of Law and Justice
  • Study level:
    Undergraduate
  • Credit points ?
    12
  • Unit code
    BLB4140
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Prerequisites

Nil

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Assessment

Assignment, 40%; Final examination, 60%.

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