Australian Press Council -- NAP complaint -- NT News

		B. Publication Information
	My complaint is against (name of publication/s or URL of website):
	Date/s of publication (where applicable):

		You need to send the Council a copy of the article(s) or illustration(s) you are complaining about. (In the case of a photo, drawing or headline, we need a copy of the article it relates to, if any. In the case of a website, a hardcopy of the article or an html attachment to an email.) Please send the relevant material by post or email to the Council.

	The headline or name of the item/s are:

	C. Contact with Publication
Have you contacted the publication(s) or website about the matter(s) listed above? If so, in what manner and when?		Emailed the NT News
If not, why not?
What, if any, response have you had from the publication(s) or website?		Lots of hits on that page :- )

	D. Principles Breached
Looking at the Statement of Principles, or the print media's Privacy Standards, do you consider that any of the principles has been breached in this case? If so, write the number(s), indicating which code, in this space.		Yes. See web page for highlighted points. http://www.napnt.org/pages/Articles_26.htm
If our principles do not cover your area of objection, briefly explain why you consider the Council should deal with the matter.		NAP are aware the APC vehemently oppose the 'manufacture' of news and sources... ...and the censorship of alternate sources. The headlines 'Syringe threat in city hold-up' and 'Girl, 12, had speed in class' are alarmist and shamefully unbalanced pieces. They continue the stereotypical and Editorially acceptable line, embraced by the NT News. See: Reporting Guidelines General Press Release No. 246 (ii) (July 2001) Drugs and drug addiction http://www.presscouncil.org.au/pcsite/guides/gpr246_2.html http://www.presscouncil.org.au/pcsite/guides/gpr246_2.html

		E. Specific Reasons for the Complaint
	Do you have a direct association with the matters or persons referred to in the article and in the complaint? If not, what reason do you have to raise the complaint?		NAP are active in local and international drug issues and expect a professional appraisal of ALL issues from the NT News -- not a manufactured beat-up, aimed at the victims of the 'drug war'.
	State briefly how the publication breached each of the principles you have noted above and give any other reasons for your complaint which you think the Council should address.		http://www.napnt.org/pages/Articles_26.htm and... http://www.napnt.org/pages/Articles_26a.htm



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