Presented by The Melbourne Law School, the Centre for Advancing Journalism and the Melbourne Press Club.

It’s been two years since significant reforms to Australian defamation law. In this seminar, which builds on a forum in 2022, experts on law reform, defamation and journalism reflect on how the laws are working, and what further reforms are needed.

Panel 1 – The Problems

Justice John Dixon, retired Judge Victorian Supreme Court (pictured left)
David Rolph, Professor, Sydney Law School
Gina McWilliams, Senior Legal Counsel, News Corp Australia (pictured centre)
Associate Professor Johan Lidberg, Journalism Program, Monash University
Moderated by Associate Professor Jason Bosland, Melbourne Law School

Panel 2 – The Solutions

Justice Mordy Bromberg SC, President Australian Law Reform Commission (pictured right)
Dean Levitan, Minter Ellison
Georgina Schoff KC, Victorian Bar
Osman Faruqi, Reporter, The Age
Moderated by Associate Professor Andrew Dodd, Centre for Advancing Journalism

Hosted by Jon Faine, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Melbourne