HD (87) - LAWS3428 Media Law: Defamation and Privacy - EXTREMELY DETAILED NOTES + SCAFFOLD

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- KEY: This includes notes on the latest reforms to the Defamation Act that came into force on 1 July 2024 (Division 2A Exemptions from liability for digital intermediaries). - These are the notes I relied on for both mid-semester and final assignments. - A combination of readings + summary of seminar notes + case law + legislation, focusing on contentious issues and all the key topics that are assessable. Topics include: 1. Introduction; Alternative causes of action (injurious falsehood & misleading and deceptive conduct). 2. Liability for Defamation (standing, jurisdiction, defamatory matter, identification, publication, serious harm). 3. Defences to Defamation (justification, absolute privilege, qualified privilege, fair comment and honest opinion). 4. Remedies for Defamation.