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Herald Sun executive Dr Colin Rubenstein has settled a lawsuit by former Labor MP Melissa Parke accusing him of defaming her in an email and article relating to her 2019 pre-selection speech, after she failed in a bid to strike down his honest opinion defence.
Nine has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit by former Liberal leader John Hewson alleging a report by A Current Affair about his insurance firm was gratuitous and "seriously dishonest".
The judge overseeing sports presenter Erin Molan's defamation case against the Daily Mail won't force Molan to be questioned ahead of trail about a segment on Nine's The Footy Show in which she laughed at an off-colour joke, saying the publisher was "fishing".
Fairfax has settled long-running defamation proceedings brought by former Leighton Holdings CFO Peter Gregg over 11 articles that accused him of corruption, after he won an appeal last year overturning his conviction on related criminal charges.
A judge has allowed four Afghan witnesses who allegedly saw Ben Roberts-Smith kick a handcuffed Afghan citizen off a cliff to give evidence remotely when the Australian war veteran's defamation case against three newspapers heads to trial in June.
The "hypocrisy" of ABC journalist Louise Milligan in criticising the host of Media Watch for not seeking comment before a broadcast last month has aggravated the damage caused by her defamatory article, the former Attorney-General and accused rapist has told a court.
The manufacturer of Capilano honey has won its lawsuit alleging defamation over articles that called the product “toxic” and “polluted”.
Christian Porter will step down from his role as Attorney-General and be replaced by high-ranking Senator Michaelia Cash, in a shake up of the ministry following a series of sexual harassment and abuse scandals in the government.
Fairfax has resolved a defamation lawsuit brought by an Australian barrister and apologised for an article alleging he helped Texas billionaire Bob Brockman defraud the United States of $2 billion in taxes.
The Daily Mail wants to question sports presenter Erin Molan over a segment on Nine’s The Footy Show four years ago in which she laughed at an off-colour joke, as part of the publisher’s truth defence to Molan’s claims that she has been falsely labelled a racist.