A different media ... Niche news replaces mass circulation ... Advertising in the ditch ... Implications for accountability and democracy ... Murdoch and his fear machine ... A funding function for government ... more
Category: Seminars, interviews & commentary
Network Ten wants $200,000 security for Lehrmann’s appeal
Graham Hryce argues that the Federal Court should reject Ten's costs application for Lehmann's appeal ... Important principles of law to be determined ... Impecuniosity should not be a bar ... The meaning of "rape" ... more
Is the game worth the candle?
Greenwich v Latham ... Another case in the manner of Palmer v McGowan or Berkoff v Burchill ... Political protagonists using the courts to resolve differences ... Disproportionate use of time and expense ... More akin to sex discrimination than defamation ... Graham Hryce comments ... more
The omnishambles continues
Lehrmann appeals ... Flawed interpretation of the word "rape" ... Abstract and ambiguous imputation ... It would never happen in Justice David Hunt's day ... Miscarriage ... Difficulties ahead for an unrepresented appellant ... Graham Hryce comments ... more
Mis-and-Dis-Information
Online regulation ... Parliamentary investigation into impact of social media on society ... A "regulatory turn" ... Review of Online Safety Act ... eSafety Commissioner v X Corp ... Voluntary code not working ... Online age verification ... International principles and practice ... Dr Robert Nicholls reports ... more
Did Justice Lee get it wrong?
More on the omnishambles ... Holes in Justice Lee's Lehrmann findings on truth ... Natural and ordinary meaning of the word "rape" ... Disappearance of the ordinary reasonable reader/viewer ... Graham Hryce comments on arguable appeal points ... more
The silencing effect of Australia’s defamation laws
Justice Michael Lee's trauma-informed approach in Lehrmann ... Defamation trials impeding the exposure of sexual violence ... #MeToo ... Limited source material for Ten and Wilkinson's truth defence ... Luck ... Dr Sarah Ailwood comments ... more
Justice Lee damns them all
The Lehrmann case's collateral damage ...Cultural and political conflicts ... Adverse credit findings ... Breach of undertakings ... Unreasonable journalistic conduct ... Further investigations ... Prospect of appeal ... Graham Hryce comments ... more
An investigative journalist and her first thriller
Prominent journalist Louise Milligan talks to the Gazette ... On fiction, fact, and everything in between ... Standing up for the ABC ... Success of Four Corners ... Defamation law ... Qualities required for a good reporter ... more
Privacy panel
Expectations of privacy ... The outer reaches of public interest ... Use of equitable remedies and torts ... The overlap between defamation and privacy ... Veronica Lenard reports on a discussion hosted by Level 22 Chambers ... more
Digital defamation reform
Stage 2 ... Setback for uniformity in most recent announcement from attorneys general ... Fragmentation ... Prospective federal intervention ... Stage 1 laggards on board ... Revised model amendments ... Analysis from Kevin Lynch and Jade Tyrrell ... more
Social Media and the Law of Defamation
Not perfect, but the next round of reforms is welcomed by Justice Peter Applegarth from the Supreme Court of Queensland ... Liability of internet intermediaries for defamation ... Moderation ... Innocent dissemination comes into its own ... Trumpist laws in the USA provide no incentive to moderate harmful online content ... Richard Ackland reports ... more