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A screenshot from a TikTok video by Mia Findlay in which she names and identifies Bea McDonald as one of the students at a meeting where a report into sexual violence was torn up.

TikToker defamed female Sydney Uni student over sex assault report protest

The influencer has been ordered to pay $20,000 after accusing the woman of complicity when a group of male students tore up a report into campus sexual violence.

  • Perry Duffin

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Chrysanthou has “main-character energy”, says friend, broadcaster Ben Fordham. “When Sue walks into a room, everyone knows that she’s there.”

Avenging angel or lethal opportunist: Celebrity lawyer Sue Chrysanthou

She’s the barrister du jour in the defamation capital of the world. Then came the day she found herself in the witness box ...

  • Jane Cadzow
Pauline Hanson hasn’t always been a fan of satire. Just ask Pauline Pantsdown.

How Pauline Hanson kicked satire out the back door

The One Nation leader successfully fought against satire aimed at her in the 1990s. Now she’s vowing to fight for her right to satirise others.

  • Cameron Atfield
Surgeon Munjed Al Muderis (centre) with his legal team.

Expert surgeon has business ties to Al Muderis

An orthopaedic surgeon who defended the work of Munjed Al Muderis had business and personal ties to the prominent surgeon.

  • David Estcourt
Blogger Alkis Morelas this week.

Greek archbishop sues pensioners, critics for defamation

Australia’s Greek Orthodox archbishop has launched a number of expensive lawsuits to pursue his critics for defamation.

  • David Estcourt and Clay Lucas
Greens MP Abigail Boyd enters parliament.

Court order could take ‘wrecking ball’ to press freedoms, NSW MP says

Greens upper house MP Abigail Boyd has condemned a court order requiring a major media company to hand over copies of its investigation to an interested party before publication.

  • Tom Rabe
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Gold Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist Adele Ferguson.

‘Extraordinary and unprecedented’: Court order could have chilling effect on journalism

Investigative journalists warn a recent court order could have a chilling long-term effect on Australian media.

  • Zoe Samios
Adele Ferguson adds to her long list of awards.

Court issues extraordinary order for Herald, The Age and 60 Minutes to hand over draft story

Nine, the publisher of the Herald and The Age, had the orders stayed pending an appeal but said it was alarmed by the decision.

  • Michael Koziol
Constantine Arvanitis and fiancee Melanie Thornton outside court on Monday.

Legal soap opera draws to conclusion in ‘interests of daughter’

Two warring exes locked in a soap opera legal battle have agreed to lay down their arms in the interest of their child as the high profile case finally drew to a close on Monday.

  • David Estcourt
Selina Holder and Constantine Arvanitis are fighting out a defamation battle in the courts.

Combatants in legal soap opera agree to settle ‘love-rat’ case after year-long hiatus

Two warring exes locked in a soap opera legal battle have agreed to settle their acrimonious defamation case when it returns to court after a year-long hiatus on Monday.

  • David Estcourt and Tom Cowie

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