Christian Porter's defamation action threatens to further chill public interest journalism | Law (Australia)
In 2019, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) flagged a potential future review of defamation law, reflecting that it “is widely regarded as complex, technical, and arcane”. In doing so the commission noted that ultimately “it is the responsibility of the attorney general to determine which matters are to be examined by the ALRC”. This issue of whether our defamation laws strike an appropriate balance between the right to reputation and to freedom of expression has now become both a professional and a personal concern for Porter. Porter’s claim relates to an online article ...
Source: theguardian.com