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Speedy changes to defamation laws needed for a free press
Australia’s ostensibly free press is regulated by a complex and controversial set of rules – none more so than our defamation laws, which...
Nine, the owner of The Age, has just fallen foul of those laws in relation to a joint investigation into Chinese-Australian billionaire and enthusiastic political donor Chau Chak Wing.
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The Federal Court ordered the ABC and Nine to pay $590,000 for defaming Mr Chau by suggesting he paid ″bribes″ in the form of donations and carried out the work of a…
The media outlets say they are deeply disappointed by the judgment and have urged state and…