Submissions to the Review of Model Defamation Provisions – Stage 1

Submissions to the Model Defamation Amendment Provisions

The draft amendments to the Model Defamation Provisions [PDF, 234kb] (PDF, 233.8 KB) were publicly released for comment from November 2019 to 24 January 2020.

Copies of the public submissions which were made in response to the draft amendments are linked below.

• Arts Law [PDF, 3828kb] (PDF, 3.7 MB)
• Australian Press Council [PDF, 192kb] (PDF, 192.9 KB)
• Australia's Right to Know [PDF, 940kb] (PDF, 945.5 KB)
• Banki Haddock Fiora [PDF, 258kb] (PDF, 258.4 KB)
• Bar Association of Queensland [PDF, 48kb] (PDF, 48.0 KB)
• Bennett + Co [PDF, 1320kb] (PDF, 1.3 MB)
• Bruce Arnold [PDF, 97kb] (PDF, 101.3 KB)
• Centre for Media Transition, UTS [PDF, 435kb] (PDF, 435.5 KB)
• CHOICE [PDF, 134kb] (PDF, 134.1 KB)
• The Hon Chief Justice Chris Kourakis [PDF, 172kb] (PDF, 172.6 KB)
• Communications Alliance [PDF, 91kb] (PDF, 91.3 KB)
• Digital Industry Group Inc. [PDF, 152kb] (PDF, 159.2 KB)
• Duncan Mouat [PDF, 24kb] (PDF, 23.8 KB)
• Eric Lucas [PDF, 21kb] (PDF, 20.9 KB)
• Esther Rockett [PDF, 313kb] (PDF, 313.1 KB)
• Facebook [PDF, 95kb] (PDF, 96.9 KB)
• Ganesh Sahathevan [PDF, 125kb] (PDF, 130.4 KB)
• Gary Duffy [PDF, 645kb] (PDF, 639.3 KB)
• Google [PDF, 142kb] (PDF, 150.1 KB)
• John O'Shannassy [PDF 30kb] (PDF, 30.1 KB)
• Law Council of Australia (Law Society of South Australia and South Australian Bar Association) [PDF, 313kb] (PDF, 314.1 KB)
• Law Society of NSW [PDF, 5262kb] (PDF, 5.1 MB)
• LawRight [PDF, 201kb] (PDF, 201.8 KB)
• Marie S [PDF, 12kb] (PDF, 11.8 KB)
• Marque Lawyers [PDF, 161kb] (PDF, 163.4 KB)
• Michael Douglas [PDF, 334kb] (PDF, 339.4 KB)
• Michael Rollinson [PDF, 322kb] (PDF, 322.9 KB)
• Microsoft [PDF, 173kb] (PDF, 173.8 KB)
• MinterEllison [PDF, 469kb] (PDF, 469.5 KB)
• Philip Doust [PDF, 393kb] (PDF, 393.7 KB)
• Robyn Carroll [PDF, 88kb] (PDF, 192.7 KB)
• Rod Veith [PDF, 195kb] (PDF, 194.8 KB)
• Tom Molomby [PDF, 712kb] (PDF, 712.1 KB)
• Tracy Leigh [PDF, 444kb] (PDF, 439.5 KB)
• Victorian Bar Working Group [PDF, 245kb] (PDF, 245.3 KB)
• Virginia Peters [PDF, 222kb] (PDF, 227.6 KB)
  

Submissions to the Stage 1 Discussion Paper

The Review of Model Defamation Provisions Discussion Paper [PDF, 700kb] (PDF, 704.8 KB) was publicly released for comment in February 2019 and closed on 30 April 2019. 

Copies of the public submissions which were made in response to the Discussion Paper are linked below. 

• Dr Sarah Ailwood and Dr Bruce Baer Arnold, Universtity of Canberra (PDF, 49.8 KB) [PDF 50kb]
• Australia's Right to Know (PDF, 1.3 MB) [PDF 1325kb]
• Australian Taxpayers' Alliance (ATA) (PDF, 399.1 KB) [PDF 399kb]
• Michael Bradley and Hannah Marshall, Marque Lawyers Pty Ltd (PDF, 216.2 KB) [PDF 216kb]
• CHOICE (PDF, 143.6 KB) [PDF 143kb]
• Communications Alliance LTD (PDF, 133.8 KB) [PDF 133kb]
• Consumers Federation of Australia (PDF, 188.9 KB) [PDF 189kb]
• Michael Cope, Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (PDF, 447.1 KB) [PDF 447kb]
• A J and C A Dever (PDF, 25.6 KB) [PDF 26kb]
• Digital Industry Group Inc. (DIGI) (PDF, 281.0 KB) [PDF 274kb]
• Michael Douglas (PDF, 298.3 KB) [PDF 298kb]
• Julius Durkin (PDF, 52.0 KB) [PDF 52kb]
• Dr Joseph M Fernandez, Curtin University (PDF, 334.7 KB) [PDF 334kb]
• Dr Hugh Finn, Curtin University (PDF, 290.7 KB) [PDF 290kb]
• Patrick George, Kennedys (PDF, 3.1 MB) [PDF 3202kb]
• Google (PDF, 187.6 KB) [PDF 182kb]
• Dr Daniel Joyce, UNSW Sydney (PDF, 145.8 KB) [PDF 145kb]
• Daphne Keller, PhD and Dr. Joan Barata Mir, Center for Internet and Society Standford Law School (USA) (PDF, 83.3 KB) [PDF 83kb] 
• The Hon Chief Justice Chris Kourakis (PDF, 1.9 MB) [PDF 1981kb]
• The Law Council of Australia (PDF, 802.3 KB) [PDF 802kb]
• The Law Society of New South Wales Young Lawyers (PDF, 170.0 KB) [PDF 170kb]
• LawRight (PDF, 349.8 KB) [PDF 349kb]
• Timothy Mitchell (PDF, 63.7 KB) [PDF 64kb]
• Tom Molomby SC (PDF, 1.4 MB) [PDF 1479kb]
• New South Wales Bar Association (PDF, 2.9 MB) [PDF 3011kb]
• Amy Nikolovski, The Law Society of South Australia  (PDF, 422.8 KB)[PDF 422kb]
• Leanne Norman, Bruce Burke & Philip Beattie, Banki Haddock Fiora Lawyers  (PDF, 686.5 KB)[PDF 686kb]
• John Pender, Australian Press Council (PDF, 66.9 KB) [PDF 65kb]
• Professor David Rolph, The University of Sydney (PDF, 428.1 KB) [PDF 428kb]
• South Australian Bar Association (SABA) (PDF, 102.5 KB) [PDF 100kb]
• Professor Dan Jerker B. Svantesson (PDF, 226.2 KB) [PDF 226kb]
• Rebecca Treston QC, The Bar Association of Queensland (PDF, 1011.8 KB) [PDF 1011kb]
• UTS Centre for Media Transition (PDF, 345.9 KB) [PDF 342kb]
• Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner (PDF, 144.2 KB) [PDF 139kb]
  

Supplementary submissions

• Australia's Right to Know (PDF, 1.0 MB) [PDF 1038kb]
• The Law Council of Australia (PDF, 380.1 KB) [PDF 379kb]
• Leanne Norman, Bruce Burke & Philip Beattie, Banki Haddock Fiora Lawyers (PDF, 314.5 KB) [PDF 313kb]