On the 21st of every newspaper in Australia, “Black Document” was published in the morning newspaper. In June of this year, the search for homes went into the homes of the news media and reporters who reported on the content of confidential documents in June this year.
The house was searched about the headquarters of the public broadcasting ABC, which reported on the suspicion of killing civilians by a special unit of the country dispatched to Afghanistan, based on the government's confidential documents, and reported on the strengthening of monitoring to citizens Australian newspaper reporter's home. In order to protest the situation, each paper used the entire page as an image of a black-out document as a symbol of news reporting.
As part of a campaign in which the news media collaborated, it stressed the significance of media coverage in response to the right to know, "What is the government hiding when it keeps the truth away from you?" Companies are asking the government to amend the law so that reporters who obtain and report confidential documents are not subject to criminal prosecution in the case of public interest or that government information providers are protected. (Tetsuo Kogure)
