Category: Sources

Hard-fought sources disclosure battle between Chinese businesswoman Helen Liu and The Age nearing an end … NSW Supreme Court Justice Lucy McCallum reserves her final decision as discreet settlement discussions continue ... more

An usual decision in the Singapore Court of Appeal upholds the protection of journalists’ sources … In this case a journalist/blogger who made allegations of corruption against the World Sports Group … Peter Bartlett reports ... more

Last orders, or not … The long and bitter battle over disclosure of The Age’s sources continues in the NSW Supreme Court, with Justice Lucy McCallum set to decide another threshold question almost four years after publication ... more

Gina Rinehart loses sources disclosure battle as a landmark judgment in WA upholds journalists’ shield laws … Media lawyer Peter Bartlett reviews the decision in light of several current challenges ... more

Confidential sources could be exposed after a recent decision in the NSW Supreme Court finds journalists’ privilege doesn’t apply to informants … Gail Noe reports ... more

Fairfax journalists off the hook as Victorian Court of Appeal overturns an order that they reveal their sources … The magistrate who issued the summonses didn’t have the power to do so ... more

Ex-wife of former UK cabinet minister convicted of perverting the course of justice after The Sunday Times hands over confidential emails between her and the paper’s political editor … Paul Karp reports on the end of an extraordinary affair ... more

The Age loses its appeal over an order to disclose the sources of a story alleging Chinese businesswoman Helen Liu bribed former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon … NSW Supreme Court Justice Lucy McCallum’s judgment deemed “clear and carefully reasoned” ... more

Two years after publication, The Age has been ordered to identify the sources of two articles alleging a corrupt relationship between Chinese businesswoman Helen Liu and former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon. The Age to appeal ... more

Excitements aplenty in Helen Liu’s battle with The Age over sources … Injunctions are granted, contempt proceedings initiated and one source is named – courtesy of the elusive Mr Junn and Liu’s own barrister ... more

Aggressive cross-examination of Age journalist results in five “scandalous” paragraphs of his affidavit being admitted. They allege an affair between the sister of Chinese businesswoman Helen Lui and former Defence Minster Joel Fitzgibbon, among other things ... more

The hearing into whether The Age should be compelled to reveal the source or sources of a story alleging businesswoman Helen Liu bribed former Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon takes another unexpected turn midway through journalist Richard Baker’s cross-examination ... more