Joe Hockey defamation ruling underscores need to update law in social media era

By Michaela Whitbourn
Updated July 3 2015 - 3:14pm, first published 2:47pm
Treasurer Joe Hockey leaves court during the defamation case against Fairfax Media. Photo: Ben Rushton
Treasurer Joe Hockey leaves court during the defamation case against Fairfax Media. Photo: Ben Rushton

From a lads' magazine superimposing the head of a Greens senator on the body of a lingerie model to a tweet by a former federal Labor MP venting his spleen at two Liberal pollsters, 2015 has had no shortage of ding-dong defamation battles involving political figures.

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