Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Russell v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2023] FCA 38 File number: NSD 745 of 2022
Judgment of: LEE J
Date of judgment: 1 February 2023
Catchwords: DEFAMATION – defamation proceeding brought by former commander of special forces "November Platoon" – determination of separate questions as to meaning – news articles, television broadcast and radio broadcast concerning conduct of November Platoon in Afghanistan in 2012 – where pleaded imputations concern investigation, suspicion and guilt, killing a prisoner and committing war crimes – declaration that some defamatory imputations conveyed
Legislation: Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 191 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 37P(2) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 20.14, 30.01 Defamation Act 2005 (NSW) ss 25, 26, 29A
Cases cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Chau Chak Wing [2019] FCAFC 125; (2019) 271 FCR 632 Bass v Permanent Trustee Co Ltd [1999] HCA 9; (1999) 198 CLR 334 Bik v Mirror Newspapers Limited [1979] 2 NSWLR 679 Chakravarti v Advertiser Newspapers Limited (1998) 193 CLR 519 Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Parras [2002] NSWCA 202; (2002) Aus Tort Reports ¶81-675 Corby v Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd [2014] NSWCA 227 Favell v Queensland Newspapers Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 52; (2005) 79 ALJR 1716 Herron v HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd [2022] FCAFC 68; (2022) 400 ALR 56 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Rivkin [2003] HCA 50; (2003) 77 ALJR 1657 Knupffer v London Express Newspapers Ltd [1944] AC 116 Kumova v Davison (No 2) [2023] FCA 1 Lewis v Daily Telegraph Ltd [1964] AC 234 McCormick v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 485 Mirror Newspapers Limited v Harrison (1982) 149 CLR 293 Oliver v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd [2019] FCA 583 Palmer v McGowan (No 5) [2022] FCA 893; (2022) 404 ALR 621 Reading v Australian Broadcasting Corporation [2003] NSWSC 716 Rush v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 7) [2019] FCA 496 Stead v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 15; (2021) 387 ALR 123 Triguboff v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 845 Trkulja v Google LLC [2018] HCA 25; (2018) 263 CLR 149
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