Australian Press Council chair to retire

The Australian Press Council’s chair Neville Stevens will retire before the end of the year, the council has confirmed.

Stevens has been chair of the APC since January 2018, after a 30-year career in the public service, and chairs on the board of various private and public organisations.

He spent eight years as security for the department of communications, IT, and the arts, between 1993 and 2001, where he was involved in telco reform, and developing broadcasting and media policy. He was made an officer in the Order of Australia in 2002.