Media Outlets Flock to Drama as Democracy Faces a Very Real Threat

The Hong Kong case goes to the very essence of freedom.

Members of the public enter the West Kowloon court for the opening day of the trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong on Dec. 18, 2023. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

For the past few months, the Australian media has been besotted by a series of court cases involving former staff members working in the country’s Parliament.