Be good to see Australia climb into the exclusive list of ‘good’ in the Press Freedom Index. Instead it has dropped 12 places to 39th in the 2024 World Press Freedom Index – concentration of media ownership, ties to politics, pressure, fear #auspol rsf.org/en/2024-world-…

The International Criminal Court’s office of the prosecutor has felt it necessary to issue a statement insisting that ‘all attempts to impede intimidate or improperly influence its officials cease immediately’. #ICC #justice

Congratulations to every AIPS MEDIA award winner emerging from a hotly contested field full of excellent sports journalism from around the world. One of the most difficult categories to judge was sports documentary, so a special mention for Category: Woman Documentary, highlighting the…

Q+A tomorrow night, send your questions now abc.net.au/qanda
#qanda #auspol #geopolitics #Olympics #Paris2024 #doping #WADA

We spent weeks documenting airstrikes in southern Gaza and found that civilians were killed in areas the Israeli government had explicitly designated as safe zones. Our exclusive report👇

The rush from independent, unbiased journalists to publish responses to #WADA ’s handling of no fault positive tests in China has not been met with quite the same rush to publish this one…
#antidoping #swimming #Tokyo2020 #Paris2024 #Olympics #China

China's anti-doping agency, CHINADA, has accused some media and other organisations of trying to 'manipulate public opinion by spreading misinformation' including details of swimmers who were minors at the time of the 2021 positive anti-doping tests for which they were found to…

With criticism of the appointment already, it is clear there is only one finding the critics will accept- that WADA covered up a China doping program. Such criticism, before a day’s work has been done by the prosecutor, continues to undermine athletes’ confidence in the…

Five eyes nations all released similar statements calling for an independent prosecutor to review #WADA ’s handling of the China #swimming positives from 2021. A prosecutor has been appointed by WADA to do so…
#antidoping #doping #sportslaw #governance #Olympics #Paris2024

More fun Paris 2024 Facts & Firsts.
1924 was first radio Olympic broadcast but journalist, credited with inventing live sports commentary, Edmondson Dehorter was banned from stadium, to protect written media & watched from a basket tethered to a balloon, shouting above the wind!

Australia joins with other national anti-doping bodies calling for further clarity from #WADA re #China #antidoping investigation…

For all those shocked by headlines about the ‘top Chinese swimmers’ that won gold at the Tokyo #Olympics after testing positive, a little context: the nation of 1.4 billion people won three gold medals (Zhang Yufei won 2). USA, Aust and GB all won more. If, as many are alluding…

“WADA – like the United Nations and other organisations – finds itself in the cross hairs of the great power struggle of our time: a rising China and its challenge to US dominance.” - a co-write for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand with my University of Canberra colleague Catherine Ordway, PhD #wada #china …

A US call for governments and sports leaders to ensure ‘real independence’ in anti-doping. The problem might be, from which country would an independent #antidoping prosecutor come?
#sport #politics

The World Anti-Doping Agency stands by its scientific and legal analysis in deeming the Chinese swimmers positive doping case as one of environmental contamination. They suggest political motivation in some of the claims made by external experts. Full press conference (1 hour, 40…