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Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: Complaint against Sydney University attack on freedom of press/community media May 2nd 2007
28th August 2007
Dear NSW Ombudsman,
Complaint against Sydney University for attack on freedom of the press/community media
As discussed with your inquiry staffer Penny, here is my email correspondence to Sydney University of May 3rd 2007 over abuse of power by their security in early May 2007 seeking to intimidate and oppress myself as the editor and reporter for www.sydneyalternativemedia.com news website.
There has been no response from Sydney University at all since early May 2007, well past the 6 weeks you advised to wait and see their response.
As a solicitor here in NSW I found the whole attitude and swaggering abuse of power quite disturbing in a democracy reporting a community media event publicly advertised rally I learned about via the ABC.
How Sydney University, the beneficiary of decades of taxpayer subsidies, thinks it can arbitrarily avoid transparency and valid community media reportage of protest against its administration, is quite a mystery and a really worrying development in our democracy.
I look forward to your response in due course.
Tom McLoughlin, solicitor in NSW
Full report on the harrassment of SAM news site at the student education rally protest can be found here:
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Postscript #1
"Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 10:54 AM
Subject: NSW Ombudsman Auto Responder
It has been forwarded to an appropriate person for action.
If your email was a complaint, it will be registered and assessed along with the other complaints that we receive today.
This may take some time.
You will be contacted again as soon as the assessment is completed."
Posted by editor
at 12:54 PM NZT
Updated: Tuesday, 28 August 2007 1:17 PM NZT
