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Attorneys-General to end crippling payouts
Australia’s defamation laws will be amended to help end massive payouts, clear the country’s clogged courthouses and allow journalists to report more freely.
The nation’s Attorneys-General met on Monday, where they approved wide-ranging reforms to the law, which will help bring it up to date with other countries.
Attorney-General Mark Speakman said Australia’s defamation laws were enacted before social media and online news coverage existed, and had not been updated since 2005, despite…
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