Review of Defamation Act 2005

The NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice is reviewing the Defamation Act 2005. The Defamation Act 2005 is based on model uniform provisions agreed to by the Standing Committee of Attorneys General (available from the Australasian Parliamentary Counsel's Committee website - Model Defamation Provisions [PDF, 888KB] (PDF, 867.4 KB). The review will determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the legislation remain appropriate for securing those objectives.

The period for submissions has now closed.

The following submissions have been received and are available for download:

• Associate Professor Rolph [MS Word doc, 31KB] (DOC, 41.0 KB) - and attached article [PDF, 214KB] (PDF, 209.4 KB)

• Australia's Right To Know [MS Word doc, 567KB] (DOC, 561.0 KB) (DOC, 561.0 KB)

• Communications Alliance [MS Word doc, 163KB] (DOC, 171.0 KB) (DOC, 171.0 KB)

• Dr. Fernandez [MS Word doc, 510KB] (DOC, 510.5 KB)

• Free TV [PDF, 426KB] (PDF, 420.3 KB)

• Hon. Justice Blanch [PDF, 46KB] (PDF, 49.6 KB)

• Hon Justice McClellan [PDF, 493KB] (PDF, 484.5 KB)

• Law Society of NSW [PDF, 58KB] (PDF, 61.4 KB)

• Law Council of Australia [PDF, 371KB] (PDF, 367.9 KB)

• Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance [PDF, 20KB] (PDF, 25.0 KB)

• Mr Patrick George - Defamation Law in Australia - extract [PDF, 437KB] (PDF, 429.5 KB)
  

• Mr Kevin McManus [PDF, 83KB] (PDF, 85.4 KB)

• Mr Evan Whitton [MS Word doc, 33KB] (DOC, 43.0 KB)

• nineMSN [MS Word doc, 69KB] (DOC, 78.0 KB)

• NSW Bar Association [PDF, 1041KB] (PDF, 1018.4 KB)

• Solicitor General [PDF, 1110KB] (PDF, 1.1 MB)

• Joint Media Organisations [PDF, 635KB] (PDF, 635.3 KB)