Press Council rolls out guidelines on reporting of domestic and family violence

The Australian Press Council has introduced an advisory guideline family on domestic violence reporting which aims to set a standard for ‘best practice’ approach to reporting on those issues.

The guideline was produced after a six-month consultation process which included round tables in three States, examination of relevant Press Council complaints and similar guidelines by other organisations.

Ahead of taking the guidelines to Council last Friday, Council chair, Professor David Weisbrot, told Mumbrella: “We’ve done an enormous amount of research and community consultation. 

“We had three big roundtables around the country, which involved survivors, people working in the domestic violence sector, police and, of course, journalists.