Tag / Racial discrimination
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Google Australia not a publisher: Rana v Google Australia Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 60
In asserting that it is not a publisher of its search engine results, Google has at last had a win, of sorts, in the Federal Court. But the win was not as…
March 28, 2013 -
Scottish comic wins serious jury verdict: Frankie Boyle v The Daily Mirror
In England, Frankie Boyle is a controversial Scottish comedian who swears a lot, grows fuzzy red beards and gets in trouble because he doesn’t know when he has crossed the line. While…
October 31, 2012 -
High Court rules on Replying to an Attack: Harbour Radio P/L v Trad [2012] HCA 44
On 18 December 2005, about a week after the Cronulla Riots, Keysar Trad was one of the speakers at a “peace rally” in front of 5000 people at Hyde Park in Sydney.…
October 22, 2012 -
The defamation you have when you do not have a defamation: Eatock v Bolt [2011] FCA 1103
Andrew Bolt, columnist for the Herald Sun newspaper, wrote two articles in 2009 entitled “It’s so hip to be black” and “White Fellas in the Black”. It referred to what he called…
November 23, 2011
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