{"id":5731,"date":"2013-06-29T17:29:08","date_gmt":"2013-06-29T07:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=5731"},"modified":"2022-05-02T00:30:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T14:30:41","slug":"foi-delivers-your-up-to-date-press-gallery-membership-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/foi-delivers-your-up-to-date-press-gallery-membership-list\/","title":{"rendered":"FOI delivers your not so up-to-date Press Gallery membership list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5738\" style=\"width: 798px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5738\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5738\" alt=\"FOI Letter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Capture_2013_06_29_17_25_23_310.png?resize=788%2C352\" width=\"788\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Capture_2013_06_29_17_25_23_310.png?w=788&amp;ssl=1 788w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Capture_2013_06_29_17_25_23_310.png?resize=300%2C134&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FOI Letter<\/p><\/div>\n<p>by Margo Kingston<\/p>\n<p>On May 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.righttoknow.org.au\/request\/press_gallery_membership_list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I\u00a0sought the list of Press Gally members<\/a> from the Parliamentary Liaison office\u00a0after the <a href=\"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/2013\/05\/02\/the-press-gallery-contemplates-reform-join-the-conversation\/\">Press Gallery Committee advised<\/a> that it was private<\/p>\n<p>My FOI was successful. Here is the letter granting access to the information, free of charge, and the list. I&#8217;d like to thank the PLO for their timely, straightforward\u00a0approach to my FOI.<\/p>\n<p>Press Gallery president David Speers recently\u00a0advised me by tweet that the gallery will launch a website next month.<\/p>\n<iframe class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/150654317\/content?start_page=1&view_mode&access_key=key-tejh4nn9ktrir8ibsbj\"  data-auto-height=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"scribd_150654317\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t<div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;width:100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/150654317\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">View this document on Scribd<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>List of Press Gallery Passholders<\/strong><\/p>\n[one-half-first]\n<p>Ms T.L Meakins 2GB<\/p>\n<p>Mr D.J Barbeler AAP<br \/>\nMr M Blenkin AAP<br \/>\nMr C Brinsden AAP<br \/>\nMr P Cape AAP<br \/>\nMr S Cardwell AAP<br \/>\nMs K Catanzariti AAP<br \/>\nMr L Coch AAP<br \/>\nMs B Cranston AAP<br \/>\nMs K Curtis AAP<br \/>\nMs A De Freitas AAP<br \/>\nMr A.R Drummond AAP<br \/>\nMr N Ersan AAP<br \/>\nMr B Frawley AAP<br \/>\nMr A Gartrell AAP<br \/>\nMs A Hayward AAP<br \/>\nMs L Kappelle AAP<br \/>\nMs G Keyworth AAP<br \/>\nMr R Lawson AAP<br \/>\nMr E Logue AAP<br \/>\nMs L Martin AAP<br \/>\nMs S Mathieson AAP<br \/>\nMs T Minogue AAP<br \/>\nMs K Morrissey AAP<br \/>\nMr P Osborne AAP<br \/>\nMr N Perry AAP<br \/>\nMr A Porritt AAP<br \/>\nMr E Veiszadeh AAP<br \/>\nMs J L Williamson AAP<br \/>\nMr D Woolford AAP<\/p>\n<p>Ms M Ainsworth ABC<br \/>\nMr J.D Allen ABC<br \/>\nMs S Bacon ABC<br \/>\nMs K.J Barlow ABC<br \/>\nMr R Barton ABC<br \/>\nMiss V Basic ABC<br \/>\nMs K Binnie ABC<br \/>\nMs K Blackburn ABC<br \/>\nMr D Bloomfield ABC<br \/>\nMs E Borrello ABC<br \/>\nMs L Bourke ABC<br \/>\nMr M.P Bowers ABC<br \/>\nMr B.R Boylan ABC<br \/>\nMrs G Bradford ABC<br \/>\nMs A Carabine ABC<br \/>\nMr R Chambers ABC<br \/>\nMs M Clarke ABC<br \/>\nMrs J Clements ABC<br \/>\nMr C Coleman ABC<br \/>\nMrs M K Court ABC<br \/>\nMr C Cox ABC<br \/>\nMs A Crabb ABC<br \/>\nMr B Crawford ABC<br \/>\nMr S Cullen ABC<br \/>\nMs E Curry ABC<br \/>\nMs L Curtis ABC<br \/>\nMr R Davis ABC<br \/>\nMr M.F Dethridge ABC<br \/>\nMiss E Elward ABC<br \/>\nMs P Forth ABC<br \/>\nMr R Gifford-Chambers ABC<br \/>\nMs N Gilmore ABC<br \/>\nMr J Glenday ABC<br \/>\nMs E Griffiths ABC<br \/>\nMr N Haggarty ABC<br \/>\nMr N.P Harding ABC<br \/>\nMs S.H Hawley ABC<br \/>\nMs V Hayes ABC<br \/>\nMr L Heffernan ABC<br \/>\nMs A Henderson ABC<br \/>\nMr A Hill ABC<br \/>\nMiss J.M Holman ABC<br \/>\nMr P Howe ABC<br \/>\nMr T.C Hunt ABC<br \/>\nMiss N.J Hunter ABC<br \/>\nMr G Jennett ABC<br \/>\nMr S Johnson ABC<br \/>\nMr J.R Johnston ABC<br \/>\nMr D.W Keighran ABC<br \/>\nMr G Kemp ABC<br \/>\nMr A Kennedy ABC<br \/>\nMr R Kerlin ABC<br \/>\nMs A Kirk ABC<br \/>\nMr P Kneeshaw ABC<br \/>\nMs S Lane ABC<br \/>\nMr J Lang ABC<br \/>\nMr P.A Langshaw ABC<br \/>\nMr B.J Leadbeatter ABC<br \/>\nMr C.R Letford ABC<br \/>\nMs J Magee ABC<br \/>\nMr R. R Martin ABC<br \/>\nMs S McDonald ABC<br \/>\nMs C McGrath ABC<br \/>\nMr B McLeod ABC<br \/>\nMr D McMeekin ABC<br \/>\nMs A Medway ABC<br \/>\nMs H Melville ABC<br \/>\nMr M.J Moore ABC<br \/>\nMs A Morozow ABC<br \/>\nMr E Napper ABC<br \/>\nMr G.C Nelson ABC<br \/>\nMr R Nerdal ABC<br \/>\nMs S Nichols ABC<br \/>\nMr R Nicotra ABC<br \/>\nMs I Osti ABC<br \/>\nMr S Phillips ABC<br \/>\nMr E.T Reading ABC<br \/>\nMr S.J Ritchie ABC<br \/>\nMr M Roberts ABC<br \/>\nMr A Sadow ABC<br \/>\nMr M Simkin ABC<br \/>\nMr P.M Simpson ABC<br \/>\nMs N Sklavos ABC<br \/>\nMr L Stephenson ABC<br \/>\nMr T Stevens ABC<br \/>\nMr T Stewart-Moore ABC<br \/>\nMr R Stokman ABC<br \/>\nMr G.R Taylor ABC<br \/>\nV.N Tomac ABC<br \/>\nMr C Uhlmann ABC<br \/>\nMs G Vale ABC<br \/>\nMr N.E Vevers ABC<br \/>\nMs A.E Vidot ABC<br \/>\nMr I.A Wilkinson ABC<br \/>\nMs L.C Willis ABC<br \/>\nMs N Woodley ABC<br \/>\nMr D.L Wright ABC<br \/>\nMs L Yaxley ABC<br \/>\nMs J Doyle ABC News 24<br \/>\nMr I.R Cutmore ABC Television<br \/>\nMr N Dole ABC TV<\/p>\n<p>Ms E Raitiere Agence France Presse<\/p>\n<p>Mr D Burdon APN<br \/>\nMr A Carroll APN<\/p>\n<p>Ms T.K Sutherland ARGUS Media<\/p>\n<p>Mr K Bergmann Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter<\/p>\n<p>Mr R McGuirk Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>K.A Mesner Aust Provincial News<\/p>\n<p>Mr M.P Brissenden Aust. Broadcasting Corp.<\/p>\n<p>Mr A Bennett Australian Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>Mr K Hollins Australian Defence Business Review\/DIAR.com<\/p>\n<p>Ms F Anderson Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMr J.M Aston Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMs V Burgess Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMs G Daley Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMs E Fowler Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMs P Freebairn Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMr W Glasgow Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMr J Greber Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMr J.N Kehoe Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMr J Kerin Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMr G Kitney Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMr J Massola Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMs J.E Mather Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMs S Morris Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMr M Priest Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMs L Tingle Australian Financial Review<br \/>\nMr T Walker Australian Financial Review<\/p>\n<p>Ms K.A Charls Bearcage Productions<\/p>\n<p>Mr J Scott Bloomberg News<\/p>\n<p>Mr R Burgess Business Spectator<\/p>\n<p>Mr A Thornhill By-Line Products<\/p>\n<p>Ms W.M Valzano C.C.H Australia<\/p>\n<p>Ms M L Craswell Canberra Times<br \/>\nMr D.J Ellery Canberra Times<br \/>\nMs K.L Griffiths Canberra Times<br \/>\nMr M.W Mannheim Canberra Times<br \/>\nMr R .J Thomson Canberra Times<\/p>\n<p>Ms M Darmody Capital Monitor<br \/>\nMs A Dimitrova Capital Monitor<br \/>\nMs C Ible Capital Monitor<br \/>\nMiss S.J Wellby Capital Monitor<\/p>\n<p>Mr M Anderson CCH Australia<br \/>\nMr M.D.G Coombe CCH Australia<br \/>\nMs Z.R Coombe CCH Australia<br \/>\nMr D.A Sheldrick CCH Australia<br \/>\nMr M Smith CCH Australia<br \/>\nMr J.M Smith CCH Australia<br \/>\nMr V.N Valzano CCH Australia<\/p>\n<p>Mr J.D Fitzgerald Clareville Press<br \/>\nMr D Smith Clareville Press<\/p>\n<p>Mr M.R Colless Colless Consultant<\/p>\n<p>Mrs M.E. Grant Commerce Management Services<br \/>\nMrs S.E Hart Commerce Management Services<\/p>\n<p>Mr S Scott Courier Mail<\/p>\n<p>Mr B Keane Crikey<\/p>\n<p>Mr E.G Curran Dow Jones<\/p>\n<p>Mr H Aston Fairfax<br \/>\nMr J.L Cronan Fairfax<br \/>\nMr P.W Dorling Fairfax<br \/>\nMs J.E Heath Fairfax<br \/>\nMr D.R Hurst Fairfax<br \/>\nMr A Meares Fairfax<br \/>\nMr T.J Allard Fairfax Metro Media<br \/>\nMr D Flitton Fairfax National Bureau<br \/>\nMr D Harrison Fairfax National Bureau<br \/>\nMs J Maley Fairfax National Bureau<br \/>\nMr D Welch Fairfax National Bureau<br \/>\nMr D Wroe Fairfax National Bureau<br \/>\nMr C Hammer Fairfax National Online<br \/>\nMs J Ireland Fairfax National Online<br \/>\nMr T Lester Fairfax National Online<br \/>\nMs J Wright Fairfax National Online<br \/>\nMr A Ellinghausen Fairfax Photographer<br \/>\nMr M Distefano Fairfax Radio<br \/>\nMr F.C Keany Fairfax Radio<br \/>\nMr M Pachi Fairfax Radio<\/p>\n<p>Mr N Hume Financial Times (London)<\/p>\n<p>Mr L Arthur freelance<br \/>\nMr D Barnett freelance<br \/>\nMr P Daley freelance<br \/>\nMs L Dubois freelance<br \/>\nMs U Eriksson freelance<br \/>\nMr P La Franchi freelance<br \/>\nMr G Milne freelance<br \/>\nMs N Savva freelance<br \/>\nMr N Stuart freelance<\/p>\n[\/one-half-first]\n<div class=\"one-half\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoFibs\">@nofibs<\/a> it&#39;s a bit out of date! Quite a few missing (eg me) and both Coorey and Alan Ramsay still writing for SMH.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathanvswan\/statuses\/350889143259238400\">June 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathanvswan\">@jonathanvswan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoFibs\">@NoFibs<\/a> And <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gabriellechan\">@gabriellechan<\/a> writes for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHoopla\">@thehoopla<\/a>, not the OZ.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; wendy_harmer (@wendy_harmer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wendy_harmer\/statuses\/350889647695593473\">June 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wendy_harmer\">@wendy_harmer<\/a>, list out of date. Weird &#8211; this is the current Parliamentary Liaison Office list &#8211; they issue PG security passes! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23problem&amp;src=hash\">#problem<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/350906080332754944\">June 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p>Hi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Speers\">@David_Speers<\/a>. Who is responsible for the accuracy of the Parliamentary Liaison Office press gallery list? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/J2qhDSTVnt\">http:\/\/t.co\/J2qhDSTVnt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; margo kingston (@margokingston1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\/statuses\/350909348811251713\">June 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> I assume it&#39;s the most recent list supplied to them by the Press Gallery. I&#39;m unaware of them compiling a separate list<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Speers (@David_Speers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Speers\/statuses\/350946034123419649\">June 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> fyi &#8211; the new Press Gallery website will contain an updated list in the next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Speers (@David_Speers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Speers\/statuses\/350946365842538496\">June 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margokingston1\">@margokingston1<\/a> Eg: your list still has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michellegrattan\">@michellegrattan<\/a> writing for The Age and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillipCoorey\">@PhillipCoorey<\/a> for SMH. Is also missing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_AdamTodd\">@_AdamTodd<\/a> at 10.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samantha Regione (@SamanthaRegione) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamanthaRegione\/statuses\/350950303731957760\">June 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; by Margo Kingston On May 1 I\u00a0sought the list of Press Gally members from the Parliamentary Liaison office\u00a0after the Press Gallery Committee advised that it was private My FOI was successful. Here is the letter granting access to the information, free of charge, and the list. 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