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Defamation law reform: where next?

It’s been two years since significant reforms to Australian defamation law. In this seminar, which builds on a forum in 2022, experts on law reform, defamation and journalism reflect on how the laws are working, and what further reforms are needed.

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Defamation Nation - Current cases and the reform agenda

Is defamation law reform working for plaintiffs, the media or the public?

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The Defamation Threat

Facing a real challenge to free speech

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Journalists jailed then bailed as Thai court hears defamation charges

Taking a stand against attempts to silence the media in Thailand, former Age and News Limited senior journalist Alan Morison spent five hours in a small prison cell crowded with 90 prisoners, including a man who admitted killing his girlfriend.

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29th Quills: Grant Hattam Quill for Investigative Journalism sponsored by HWT

Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters of The Age have won the Grant Hattam Quill for Investigative Journalism Ben Roberts-Smith Investigations

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Australia's secrecy laws include 875 offences. Reforms are welcome but don't go far enough for press

Peter Greste says it's laudable that the government recognises the threats to media freedom embedded in the law, but the answers in the review are more of the same: a set of band aids, rather than a comprehensive cure.

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Nick McKenzie: telling the truth about a national hero

It was a military scandal revealed in a series of stories about the real face of one of the nation’s most famous SAS soldiers and culminated in what’s been called the ‘Defamation Trial of the Century’.

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The Federal Court Decision – Ben Roberts-Smith and Nine Newspapers

The Federal Court’s decision to dismiss war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith’s defamation action against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times is a landmark adjudication for public interest journalism in Australia.

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There was much to celebrate in 2022

As we come to the end of the Melbourne Press Club’s 50th year, we celebrate  our heritage while continuing our work advancing and advocating for Victorian media.

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A statement from the Melbourne Press Club board

The Melbourne Press Club has appointed three leading journalists/editors and a senior barrister to an Independent Panel to review the club's recent decision to annul the 2020 Quill for Sports News Reporting.

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