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Murdoch v Crikey highlights how Australia's defamation laws protect the rich and powerful

  • Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
Murdoch v Crikey highlights how Australia's defamation laws protect the rich and powerfulLachlan Murdoch, far left, with his father Rupert and brother James in 2014Dan Steinberg/AP/AAP

There is no better example of how Australia’s defamation laws enable the rich and powerful to intimidate their critics than Lachlan Murdoch suing Crikey.com over a comment piece concerning Fox News, Donald Trump and the Washington insurrection of...

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