Uniform Defamation Laws in Australia
Moving towards a More 'Reasonable' Privilege
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5715864 |
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| Authors | Rhonda Breit (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 138 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 9-20 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media International Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1329878x1113800104 |
| OpenAlex | W2153665393 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
A new uniform defamation regime now operates in Australia. This article canvasses the Uniform Defamation Laws (UDLs), focusing on the defence of qualified privilege and its capacity to protect mass media publications in the public interest. Drawing on case law and analysis of the key approaches to statutory privilege, the article evaluates the current approach to statutory qualified privilege. Taking account of observations in O'Hara v Sims (2008, 2009) about the operation of qualified privilege, it questions whether the UDL statutory qualified privilege will ultimately censor publications in the public interest and restrict the application of the qualified privilege defence
Political science · Public interest · Sociology · Statutory law · Freedom of Expression and Defamation · Law · Legal principles and applications
| Highly cited | No |
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