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The article offers the author's insights on why a News Media Council is not needed in Australia. He comments on the view by Australian federal court judge R. Finkelstein that there should be a regulatory body that will oversee the implementation of news media standards, which will be called the News Media Council. He thinks that there is an unrealistic idealism in Finkelstein's assessment of the gains from the presence of such council.

Reports on the reaction of Shane Stone, president of Australia's Liberal Party, on the response of Australia's media to the re-election of the government of John Howard in November 2001. Expectation of the Australian press from politicians; Public opinion on journalists, according to a poll; Crisis facing Australian media.

The article offers information on the proposal of lawyer Ray Finkelstein to establish the regulatory body News Media Council, for news media in Australia. However, people in opposition to this recommendation like journalist Paul Kelly, believe that establishment of such organization will result in growth of groups hostile to press.