Defamation Timeline - Sophia, Kamilla, Michelle by michelle :)

July 31st 2020 - Quaden Bayles & Miranda Devine

0040705 — 2023-11-03 03:25:29 UTC

This case involved Ms Bayles (Quaden's mother) suing Ms Devine (A journalist) over proposing that a video of Quaden crying after being bullied was staged and a stunt for monetary gain. This case ended in the plaintiff being rewarded ~$200,000 AUD for damages and costs.

June 24th 2019 - Voller v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 766 ('Voller')

michelle_hoang_ — 2023-11-03 03:37:34 UTC

This case involves Dylan Voller, and vulnerable footage of him being restrained to a chair during his time at a detention centre. This video was broadcasted on ABC's public program, Four Corners.

Instead of suing them outrightly for defamation, he sued 3 public Facebook pages that had created an article as a result of the video, claiming that although the articles themselves were not defaming, the comments that were left by other civilians under them were.

September 2017 - Rebel Wilson & Bauer Media

0040705 — 2023-11-03 03:41:26 UTC

This case involved Rebel Wilson suing Bauer Media (A media conglomerate) for defamation after they accused her of faking her whole identity to gain success in Hollywood.

This case ended in Ms Wilson being awarded ~$4 million AUD in damages but was reduced at appeal.

November 27 2017 - Wing v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Limited [2017] FCAFC 191

0869669_ — 2023-11-03 03:46:29 UTC

The case concerns issues of defamation against Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd and John Garnaut. The case deals with the issue of inconsistency between state and federal legislation pertaining to juries.

The plaintiff, Mr Chau Chak Wing alleged that the defendants have published defamatory material on their public websites available in various Australian states. The defamatory materials includes allegations of bribery, conspiracy of bribery and illicit payments to government officials.

November 2019 - Wagner v Nine Network Australia Pty Ltd [2019] QSC 284

michelle_hoang_ — 2023-11-03 03:57:00 UTC

This case involves Queensland family, "Wagner", and a 60 minute report made about the destruction of a town and the death of 12 people, that the family believed insinuated that they were to blame for.

Though it wasn't directly expressed in the article, they claimed it had accusatory tones and the mention of the collapse of a wall they owned had lead the public to believe they were responsible.They were ultimately awarded 3.6 million dollars.