Claim 202

Under National Security Regulations the Department of Information controlled newspaper and radio reports about military events, and monitored war correspondents.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Under National Security Regulations the Department of Information controlled newspaper and radio reports about military events, and monitored war correspondents.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Department of Information controlled coverage
About: incident 1944-australia-calwell-newspaper-seizure
Source: War: Censorship and Propaganda
Publisher: eMelbourne: The Encyclopedia of Melbourne, University of Melbourne
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current

Quotation from the source

Under National Security Regulations the DOI controlled newspaper and radio reports about military events, and monitored war correspondents.