High Court judge takes swipe at media on privacy

Michael PellyLegal editor

Sep 28, 2020 – 12.00am

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High Court judge Patrick Keane has taken a thinly veiled swipe at "old media", saying they will see "dollar signs" when faced with a choice between the right to know and the right to privacy.

In a speech at the Commonwealth Courts Building in Brisbane, Justice Keane said there was an element of self-interest in the current push to reform defamation laws.

Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson.