How privacy law is taking over from defamation suits
Sep 23, 2025
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Journalist and former presenter of Media Watch, Richard Ackland, looks at how Australia's privacy laws are being used in place of expensive defamation cases in the wake of the Brittany Higgins/Linda Reynolds case, and how that might impact journalism going forward.
Guest: Richard Ackland AM, journalist, publisher, lawyer