Reporting on National Security: D-Notices or Not?
From Double Take by Centre for Media Transition
September 2, 2025 · 33 min · Season 1 · Episode 25
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges of reporting on national security and the potential for a media-led governance mechanism to build trust between journalists and the government.
Reporting on matters of national security is high stakes, and few know that better than Cameron Stewart, Chief International Correspondent at The Australian newspaper, and one of Australia’s most experienced national security journalists. It’s widely accepted that if journalists don't have safe and lawful means to report on matters of national security, democracy is undermined. But government has a mission too – to protect Australians. Susanne Lloyd-Jones, Lecturer at UTS Law, asks whether a voluntary, ‘media-led’ governance mechanism co-designed to build trust between the media and government could work.
People in this episode
Guests: Cameron Stewart, Susanne Lloyd-Jones
Topics covered
- national security
- journalism
- media governance
- democracy
- trust between media and government
Keywords
- national security
- journalism
- media governance
- democracy
- Cameron Stewart
- Susanne Lloyd-Jones
- trust
- reporting
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Australian, UTS Law
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