DIGEST OF LAW REFORM COMMISSION REFERENCES

10. Defamation

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Received:		29 June 1966
Working Paper 1:		Defamation, September 1968
		[A Summary of the Working Paper was also published]
Report 11:		Defamation, February 1971
		Tabled in Parliament 20 April 1971
Legislative Action:		Defamation Act 1974
Judicial Citation:		Calwell v Ipec Australia Ltd [1973] 1 NSWLR 550, 560 Morosi v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1977] 2 NSWLR 749, 805 Petritsis v Hellenic Herald Pty Ltd [1978] 2 NSWLR 174, 185 Monie v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1979] 2 NSWLR 663, 676 Andrews v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1980] 2 NSWLR 225, 240 Humphreys v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (NSW SC, No 15205/78, Hunt J, 18 April 1980, unreported), [7]
		Bickel v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1981] 2 NSWLR 474, 496 Singleton v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 38, 42 Hawke v Tamworth Newspaper Co Ltd [1983] 1 NSWLR 699, 717 Spautz v Williams [1983] 2 NSWLR 506, 528 Tarkanyi v Mirror Newspapers Ltd [1983] 2 NSWLR 698, 701 Seidler v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (NSW SC, No S15860/82, Hunt J, 8 April 1983, unreported), [4] Cassell v Gold Coast Publications Pty Ltd [1984] 1 NSWLR 11, 12 Mirror Newspapers Ltd v Fitzpatrick [1984] 1 NSWLR 643, 649 David Syme & Co Ltd v Lloyd [1984] 3 NSWLR 346, 354
		Barbaro v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 30, 35 Bob Kay Real Estate Pty Ltd v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 505, 510
		Krahe v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (1986) 4 NSWLR 536, 541 Rajski v Carson (1986) 4 NSWLR 735, 743
		Palmer v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (1986) 5 NSWLR 727, 730 Pollack v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd (NSW SC, Hunt J, 3 June 1987, unreported), [1]
		Waterhouse v Gilmore (1988) 12 NSWLR 270, 281 Crawford v Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd (1989) ADefR 50-040, [5]
		Bond Corporation Holdings Ltd v Australian Broadcasting Commission (NSW CA, No 40031/1989, 28 June 1989, unreported), 9 (Samuels JA)
		Morgan v John Fairfax and Sons (1990) 20 NSWLR 511, 538 Spautz v Kirby (1990) 21 NSWLR 34, 35
		Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Waterhouse (1991) 25 NSWLR 519, 524 Jones v TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd (1992) 26 NSWLR 732
		Radio 2UE Sydney Pty Ltd v Parker (1992) 29 NSWLR 448, 467 Grassby v R (1992) 62 A Crim R 351, 355 Ballina Shire Council v Ringland (1994) 33 NSWLR 680
		Waterhouse v Hickie [1995] AustTortsR 81-347 [2] (Priestley JA) Perkins v Harris (NSW CA, No 40385/94, 26 May 1995, unreported) [2] (Priestley JA)
		Thompson v Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd (1996) 186 CLR 574, 587, 598 (Brennan CJ, Toohey J and Dawson J) Stead v Foster (NSW SC, No 19932/93, Levine J, 4 September 1998, unreported) [12] Palmer v Belan [1999] NSWSC 187 [253]
		Hall v Hannaford [1999] NSWSC 1197 Lange v Atkinson [2000] 3 NZLR 385 [53], [57]
		Goold v Newcastle Newspapers Pty Ltd [2000] NSWSC 133 [9] Greek Herald Pty Ltd v Nikolopoulos (2002) 54 NSWLR 165 [14] O'Shane v Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 807 [11] Rogers v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2003) 77 ALJR 1739 [21], [149] Bashford v Information Australia (Newsletters) Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 5 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Sleeman [2005] NSWCA 349 [52] Waters v John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 394 John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd v Hitchcock [2007] NSWCA 364 [199] Lindholdt v Hyer [2008] NSWCA 264 [111]-[112] Buckley v The Herald and Weekly Times (No 2) [2008] VSC 475 [14]
Note:		See Reference 82: Defamation for a subsequent review of the law of defamation