Gazette

Submissions to the NSW Attorney General’s review of the Defamation Act (2005) are now closed. In this report Brigit Morris summarises some of the key criticisms and recommendations from a range of interested parties ... more

The long-held NSW practice of “pleading-back” the plaintiff’s imputations as part of a contextual truth defence has been put to rest … NSW Court of Appeal concludes it is unavailable under the 2005 Defamation Act ... more

Sydney University media law academic Dr David Rolph adds his critique to the Attorney General’s review of the Defamation Act (2005) and calls for a further, more detailed review ... more

Submissions to the Attorney General’s review of of the 2005 Defamation Act have closed and are due to be posted on the department’s website. In this exclusive, the Gazette publishes two of the major submissions – from media alliance Australia’s Right To Know and from the NSW Bar Association … ... more