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Better Advice Act: In force but what happens now?

As the clock struck midnight on 31 December 2021 few of us turned our mind to the fact that the Better Advice Act (the Act) had just come into force. The Act …

Can the public trust media claims for immunity for investigative journalism?

The answer to this question – NO – was categorically delivered by Justice Rene Le Miere in the Supreme Court of Western Australia in a lengthy defamation trial bought by Dr Jemma …

Drone Industry Update – 2021 Communication, Complexity and the Emerging Airspace Ecosystem

While the COVID-19 era has slowed down many industries, the commercial drone industry has embraced the challenge. Increasingly visible public utility applications of drones, including the contactless delivery of goods and medicines …

Could accusing a person of having COVID-19 get you in legal trouble?

Recent articles depicting an increase in hostility towards those who are allegedly breaching the coronavirus restrictions raise an interesting question: whether an allegation that a person has COVID-19 is defamatory? This article …

If you’ve called someone ‘a Karen’, have you defamed them?

The ‘Karen’ stereotype is all the rage at the moment. The label has been floating around the internet for a while, but it took off in 2020. It recently entered the consciousness of mainstream Australia when video of the ‘Bunnings Karen’—a conspiracy theorist who refused to wear a mask— went viral.

COVID-19 Template Recovery Deed assisting SMEs working in Defence

The Template Recovery Deed (Recovery Deed) is a document which was recently created to legally bind currently contracted parties with the Commonwealth, who work with the Department of Defence to assist it in providing services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Geoffrey Rush’s Massive Defamation Win Shows the Risk of Media Rushing to Judgment on #MeToo

Geoffrey Rush’s massive ~$2.87 million defamation victory has been affirmed on appeal. Nationwide News Pty Ltd (Nationwide) appealed Justice Wigney’s April 2019 decision in Rush v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 7) [2019] FCA 496 on the basis that the trial judge erred in his findings as to the credibility of the defence’s key witness and that the award of damages made by the trial judge was ‘manifestly excessive’.

Google as publisher of everything defamatory on the internet: Defteros v Google LLC [2020] VSC 219

Search engines and other ‘internet intermediaries’, like social media companies, are natural targets for defamation litigation. But their liability under Australian defamation law is controversial and often contested, particularly where the defamatory content is authored by third parties.

What can you do when an anonymous troll is causing your business grief?

Some people are willing to say things online that they would never say to a person’s face. But when trolls comment on a product or service, they can be seriously destructive. We should not assume that every online review is factually accurate. Some are malicious.

WA Defence Industry: Prepping your business for COVID-19

Just as families around Australia are prepping to weather COVID-19, so are countless businesses, including SME’s working in the WA Defence space. Getting your business ready for a concurrent pandemic and recession …

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