Media law subject defamation in relation to journalists. Australian based.
Within the Australian legal system defamation falls under the legal heading of 'torts', thus meaning a civil wrong. Australian defamation laws are primarily State and Territory laws (not Federal) and the laws, including available defences, vary within each separate jurisdiction. The law of defamation is supposed to offer solace to an individual who has had their reputation damaged due to defamation by either slander or libel. If defamation has been proven the normal mechanism of …
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…If this role was to be hindered by the rich and powerful Australia could find itself resting in the hands of those individuals with the money to influence the way we think, whilst never knowing otherwise (Mendel, 2000).
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Mendel, Toby (2000), "Background paper on Freedom of Expression and Defamation"
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