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		Tloewald on July 30, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Australia bans reporting of multi-nation corruptio... Australia's libel and defamation laws are worse than, for example, the US's — truth is not an adequate defense, and fiction is not immune.

jjh42 on Aug 5, 2014 [–]

Truth is a defense in Australia. one thing I like about Australian law is that large companies cannot sue for defamation.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation#Australia

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