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Nationwide News may not accept liability for a series of allegedly defamatory tweets published from reporter Miranda Devine's personal account about 9-year-old Quaden Bayles, telling a judge the tweets were “private”.
A convicted drug smuggler is suing Channel Nine over a segment on A Current Affair that accused him of being a police informer and which a judge branded as “dangerous and irresponsible reporting” after he was attacked in prison.
In airing a ‘7:30' segment that revealed racehorses were being slaughtered in violation of industry rules, the ABC acted with malice in what was a "set up" designed to make the head of Racing NSW "look bad", a court has heard.
An Australian mother who posted a viral video of her son, who suffers from achondroplasia dwarfism, following a bullying incident has hit the Daily Telegraph's publisher with a defamation lawsuit over a reporter's retweet of conspiracy theories that the video was a fake.
Media companies that are fighting defamation proceedings over articles that accused decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith of war crimes have won court permission to amend their defence to include evidence the soldier was involved in another alleged murder.
Google and Facebook will face penalties of at least $10 million for breaches of a media bargaining code drafted by the ACCC that aims to create a "level playing field" between Australian media companies and the tech giants.
A judge has handed ASIC a "narrow" win in its action against former Tennis Australia director Harold Mitchell, tossing most of the regulator's case and accusing it of "confirmatory bias".
Venture capitalist Elaine Stead has refused to go into a second round of mediation in her defamation case against the Nine-owned Fairfax Media Publications saying it would be a "waste of time".
A transgender woman has won a preliminary legal fight with the Australia Press Council over claims the organisation discriminated against her in dismissing her complaint about a news article naming her as the accused behind a "terrifying 7/11 axe attack".
Former Liberal leader John Hewson has filed a defamation suit against Nine, claiming a report by A Current Affair about his insurance firm was gratuitous and "seriously dishonest".