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Re:Australia bans reporting of multi-nation corruption case by Tloewald on Wednesday July 30, 2014 @08:04AM (#8107590)
Australia's libel and defamation laws are worse than, for example, the US's — truth is not an adequate defense, and fiction is not immune.
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Re:Australia bans reporting of multi-nation corruption case by jjh42 on Tuesday August 05, 2014 @01:51PM (#8138259)
Truth is a defense in Australia. one thing I like about Australian law is that large companies cannot sue for defamation.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation#Australia

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