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The defence also plead the "honest opinion" defence under section 31 of the defamation act for imputations 9(a), 9(c), and if conveyed, 9(d), 9(e), 15(a), and 15(b). The proposed justification defence for imputation 9(b) would involve impeaching or questioning in Federal Court what Mr Barilaro said in the proceedings of a committee of the ...
But reforming and transforming the Department of Defense are aspirations, not actions. When the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union collapsed, the main threat to the U.S. and its allies vaporized.
The honest opinion defence (formerly the fair comment defence) is sometimes known as "the critic's defence" as it is designed to protect the right of the press to state valid opinions on matters of public interest such as governmental activity, political debate, public figures and general affairs.
Openness in government is hard work, but it creates better informed and more involved citizens. | Opinion
Section 4 of the Defamation Act 2013 created the defence of "publication on a matter of public interest". This replaced the common law Reynolds defence, abolished by subsection 4(6). [7] However the ten criteria set out in Reynolds are still considered relevant in some circumstances when considering whether a publication was in the public interest.
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On 8 July Shanks' legal team responded by filing a truth defence, supported by an honest opinion defence for a subset of claims. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] In June 2021, friendlyjordies producer Kristo Langker was arrested by officers from the Fixated Persons Unit (FPU), a specialised counterterrorism police unit who often targets lone wolf terrorists ...
A member of Donald Trump’s legal team divulged the defence’s plan to “focus on the facts” to show that the former president did nothing wrong, one day before the opening arguments are set ...