Alan Jones just lost a landmark defamation case by making what his own lawyers admit were unsupportable statements Incoming: 100,000 angry right-wing column inches about how crap our defamation laws are despite this being a problem FOR DECADES
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This is why the incessant noise about
#18C comes off as so hypocritical. Defamation is a far larger issue in terms of free speech, but it's not the freedom for old white men to be racist so libertarians rarely discuss itShow this thread -
To paraphrase a barrister I know: "You can defend your defamation and win, but that means you're already on the hook for enormous amounts in legal fees for the litigation. Better to settle and move on"
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