- Adrian Deamer
Adrian Deamer (1922 – 16 January 2000) was an
Australia njournalist ,newspaper editor andlawyer . Deamer died ofcancer on 16 January 2000.Adrian Deamer began his journalistic career in 1946 at "
The Daily Telegraph " inSydney ,Australia . Son of noted newspaper editorSydney Deamer , [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A1306676htm] Dead link|date=March 2008] Adrian became highly regarded throughout his career for his integrity, humour, courage and mentorship. After a stint at the "The Courier Mail " inBrisbane , Deamer worked inMelbourne as a general reporter at "The Age ", before heading forEngland in 1950. He married Gweneth Tanner in 1950 and worked at "The Daily Express " and forAssociated Press before returning to Melbourne in 1953 as Chief of Staff on "The Melbourne Herald ". In 1960, Deamer returned to London to take up the post of Editor for "The Herald and Weekly Times Group ", returning toMelbourne in 1962 where he was Associate Editor on "The Sun News Pictorial ".In 1966, he moved to
Canberra and joinedRupert Murdoch 's fledgling paper "The Australian " and became its third editor. In 1971 Murdoch sacked Deamer for writing an editorial which criticised theSpringbok Tour of Australia at a time when public opinion was quite heated aboutSouth Africa 's regime ofapartheid . Murdoch was later to describe Deamer in glowing terms but the die was cast.Deamer retrained as a lawyer and joined "
The Sydney Morning Herald " as their legal advisor. In 1991, with colleagues George Richards and Peter Wilson, he wrote theFairfax Legal Guide. He became an advocate of defamation and media law and, amongst his other achievements, presented anA.N. Smith Memorial Lecture in 1971 on running a national newspaper, was a Walkley Advisory Board Member and anAustralian Press Council judge.References
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* [http://www.presscouncil.org.au/pcsite/apcnews/feb00/news.html#deamer Presscouncil.org]
* [http://www.api-network.com/articles/index.php?jas78_cryle API Network.com]
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