Proposed changes will also ‘put downward pressure on damages for hurt feelings’
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Australian council of attorneys general have agreed to a radical overhaul of Australia’s defamation laws to “put downward pressure on damages for hurt feelings”, with proposed changes likely to be brought in by June.
The New South Wales attorney general, Mark Speakman, who steered the review of defamation reform, released a set of draft proposed amendments to defamation law that will be introduced into all parliaments after a short round of public consultation over the next two months.