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Leading Case
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Stephens v West Australian Newspapers Ltd
[1994] HCA 45; (1994) 182 CLR 211
Key Principle
The implied constitutional freedom of political communication extends to discussion of the performance, conduct and fitness for office of members of a State legislature, and may afford a defence in a defamation action on conditions corresponding to those in Theophanous.
Area of Law
c
Related Cases
Miller v The Queen [2016] HCA 30; (2016) 259 CLR 380 (Miller v The Queen; Smith v The Queen; Presley v DPP (SA))