JUDGEMENT SUMMARIES: PRAGMATIC REFORM AT THE NEXUS OF LAW AND MEDIA

Finna Ring won the 1998 CAMLA Essay Prize with this paper, which examines judgment summaries as a practice developed by the Courts to improve communication between the law, media and the public.

ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT: THE MEDIA AS ACCOMPLICE TO PATRIARCHAL MYTHS OF THE FEMALE OFFENDER

Louise Falconer looks at myths concerning the female offender perpetrated by the media and their impact on women and society.

AUSTRALIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

Valerie McKay looks at the way in which key global regulatory and teclmologlcal developments rather than domestic considerations vail play an increasingly stronger role in the shape of future telecommunications regulations and legislation in Australia.

THE POLICE VIDEOTAPE RECORD OF INTERVIEW AS "DOCUMENTARY": ITS USE AND IMPLICATIONS FROM A FILM THEORY PERSPECTIVE

Jean Burton explains the links between Police Videotape Interviews and prime time entertainment.

CHILD ON-LINE PROTECTION ACT HALTED FOR NOW

John Corker looks at the battle over the Child On Line Protection Act in the United States.

SOUND UNLIMITED: MUSIC AND COPYRIGHT IN CYBERSPACE

Mark Bamford looks at how the music industry is moving its business on-line and the response of various copyright collection societies.

FOOTBALL, MEATPlES, KANGAROOS AND HOLDEN CARS ...AND KIWIS FRUIT

Therese Catanzariti and Diane Hamilton review the release of draftAustralian ContentStandard for Commercial Free to Air Television.

RETRANSMISSION RIGHTS: THE FREE-TO-AIR BROADCASTERS' VIEW

Bridget Godwin reports on the free-to-air broadcasters' views on the Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill 1998.

CAMLA ESSAY PRIZE DETAILS

ASTRA'S VIEWS ON RETRANSMISSION

This is an edited excerpt from the recent submission of ASTRA to the Senate Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts Legislation Committee by Tom Meekddge, former Chairman of ASTKA and CEO of Foxteh

DATACASTING DEFINED, OR "DATA IS DATA IS BITS IS BITS IS BITS"

Holly Raiche analyses the new digital conversion legislation.

UPDATE ON INTERNET TELEPHONY

Michael Mucller and Claudine Tinellis look at the current slate of Interact telephony in Australia.

LOCAL NUMBER PORTABILITY: "YOU MAY EXPERIENCE A SHORT DELAY.... "

David Stewart considers the technical and regulatory challenges surrounding local number portability and some long-term benefits of intelligent network solutions.

CRYPTOGRAPHY POLICY: OVERDUE FOR REFORM

Greg Taylor of Electronic Frontiers Australia, looks at the regulation and policy surrounding cryptography and highlights the problems with current local export restrictions.

NEW COPYRIGHT LAWS

Karen Gettens reports on the latest amendments to the Copyright laws and also discusses the recognition of moral rights in Australia.

TRUE BLUE V. BLUE SKY - AUSTRALIAN CONTENT STANDARDS IN DOUBT

Jacqueline Brosnan looks at the recent High Court decision involving the Australian Content Standard and Project Blue Sky.

THE BLUE SKIES DECISION AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

Extract from a paper delivered on the recent High Court decision and its consequences by the Chairman of the ABA, Professor David Flint.

THE "NOT SO NEAT" TREATY PROVISION

John Corker from the ABA examines the effect of section 160(d) of the Broadcasting Services Act in the light of the Project Blue Sky decision.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS - LESSONS FROM CHAKRAVARTI

Anne Flahvin considers some recent judicial pronouncements which offer an insight into how judges think ordinary people "read" the media.

E-COMMERCE AND MANKIND'S LAST GREATEST HOPE ON EARTH

Ira Magaziner, President Clinton's Special Advisor for policy development for the Interact and e-commerce outlines the issues facing e-commerce and the development of the Interact and the principles governments' should adopt to deal with them.

"WE DELIVER" - E-COMMERCE AND AUSTRALIA POST

Linda Nicholls, the Chairman of Australia Post, describes the practical - and profitable - examples of e-commerce in action with Australia Post.

FED EX, THE NET AND THE VIRTUAL GLOBAL WAREHOUSE

William T. Con!ey, Jr. explains how Federal Express is using e-commerce to build the virtual global warehouse.

THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS FOR COPYRIGHT REFORM: THE DIGITAL AGENDA

David Rees at tile Commonwealth Attorney-General's department explains tile latest proposals for reform of the Copyright Act.

"CONVERGENCE": REFORMS FOR NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES OR JUST ANOTHER PLUG-IN? Tim Dwyer from the ABA examines the utility of the term "convergence" and the complex factors to be considered when formulating a regulatory response.

DIGITAL TELEVISION

Tony Branigan, the General Manager of the Federation of Commercial Television Stations (FACTS), presents the free to air TV broadcasters' view of how digital television should be introduced in Australia.

A FAIR GO FOR DIGITAL BROADCASTING

Debra Richards, the Executive Director of the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRAL presents the contending view of the pay TV and other subscription services industries.

DTTV: SERVICES AND FUNDING

Malcolm Long, former Managing Director of SBS provides his view of the digital television debate, the overseas experience and the government broadeasler perspective.

DVB OR NOT DVB?

John Collette, Head of Technology at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, provides a technical reality check on the digital television debate.

WILL PICS TORCH FREE SPEECH ON THE INTERNET?

Irene Graham examivtes the widely endorsed PICS proposals for Internet content labelling and the underlying censorship implications.

MELTDOWN TO LIBERALISATION: TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN ASIA

Chris Shine and Jacqui Brosnan look at the liberalisation of the telecommunications industry in Asia in the context of the WTO agreement and provide a snapshot of current developments.

OPRAH AND THE TEXAS CATTLEMEN: FOOD DISPARAGEMENT LAW IN THE US AND AUSTRALIA

Anne Flahvin outlines the recent US developments in food disparagement law and considers what, if any, restrictions apply in Australia to the disparagement of food products.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT - CAMLA 1997

Camla President, Victoria Rubensohn gives her report for the year that was.