Peter Greste
Peter Greste is professor of journalism at Macquarie University, and the executive director of the advocacy group, the Alliance for Journalists' Freedom.
Opinion
Assange saga
I’m relieved for Julian Assange. I’m also deeply concerned
My own prison ordeal gave me a taste of what Assange may be feeling. He’s out – but the chilling effect on press freedom remains.
- by Peter Greste
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Opinion
Whistleblowers
Australia’s still dangerously secretive, and it’s our democracy that’s at risk
The laws that protect both whistleblowing and media freedom are manifestly failing in Australia, giving comfort to the corrupt, the unethical and the powerful.
- by Peter Greste
Opinion
Press freedom
It’s crucial for press freedom that whistleblowers are protected, not punished
The Albanese government has talked the talk on press freedom but its failure to intervene in two ongoing cases undermines its commitment to reform.
- by Kieran Pender, Peter Greste and Bill Browne
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Gaza attack on media offices will deepen fog of war
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.
- by Peter Greste
Opinion
Assange saga
Assange judge failed to realise what the case means for every journalist who ever received a secret document
The judgment must concern anyone who believes in the oversight role journalists play in a democracy.
- by Peter Greste
Opinion
Media & marketing
Coronavirus underscores the crucial role - and responsibility - of the free press in a crisis
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.
- by Peter Greste
Opinion
Julian Assange
Whatever you think of Assange, his case has broad implications
The way the Trump administration is prosecuting this case has serious implications for press freedom that nobody who believes in democracy can ignore.
- by Peter Greste
Opinion
Iran
It's time to make noise about freeing Kylie Moore-Gilbert from Iran
A strategy of quiet diplomacy has failed to free Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert from detention in Iran.
- by Peter Greste
The Buried: Digging into the story of Egypt's recent turbulence
Peter Hessler looks at the modern history of Egypt from refreshingly different points of view.
- by Peter Greste
Opinion
Assange saga
Julian Assange is no journalist: don't confuse his arrest with press freedom
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.
- by Peter Greste
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