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Australia is committed to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 19 of the Declaration provides: “Everyone has the right of freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers.”</p> </span></div></div><div id="div_block-87-204" class="ct-div-block short-intro-wrap" ><div id="new_columns-89-204" class="ct-new-columns" ><div id="div_block-90-204" class="ct-div-block" ><div id="text_block-238-204" class="ct-text-block" ><span id="span-239-204" class="ct-span" ><p>In a truly democratic society, open debate, discussion, criticism and dissent are central to the process of generating informed and considered choices. These processes are crucial to the formation of values and priorities and help in assessing and finding solutions to social, economic and political problems.</p> <p> </p> <p>A free press is a symbol of a free people. 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data-id="span-176-204">The press has a responsibility to the public to commit itself to self-regulation which provides a mechanism for dealing with the concerns of members of the public and the maintenance of the ethical standards and journalistic professionalism of the press.</span></div></div><div id="div_block-158-204-4" class="ct-div-block" data-id="div_block-158-204"><div id="text_block-119-204-4" class="ct-text-block" data-id="text_block-119-204"><span id="span-176-204-4" class="ct-span" data-id="span-176-204">It is in the public interest for the press to make available to the people a wide diversity of views and opinions.</span></div></div><div id="div_block-158-204-5" class="ct-div-block" data-id="div_block-158-204"><div id="text_block-119-204-5" class="ct-text-block" data-id="text_block-119-204"><span id="span-176-204-5" class="ct-span" data-id="span-176-204">It is the responsibility of the press to protect the people's right to know and to contest encroachments upon that 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