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Today I won my #defamation case against Nine, The Age, Nick McKenzie, Charlotte Grieve and Joel Tozer. Justice Jackman of the Federal Court of #Australia entered #judgment in the sum of $550,000 against each of them in my favour, which is in excess of the statutory cap for #damages for #defamation. This #victory is a mark of the appalling conduct I suffered at the hands of these #publishers. I’m grateful to the Federal #Court of Australia for its efficiency and expertise which has led to this result. I was in the fortunate position of having the means to hold these powerful #media entities and their "#journalists" to account, but in order to get to this point I had to win seven judgments over two years, in which the Court agreed I had been seriously defamed and there were no arguable defences. The respondents’ unreasonable resistance at every step of this #litigation and loss of these seven judgments caused unnecessary delays and costs and aggravated my harm. The Court described ...

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