Sexual Assault Complainants Could Get Immunity From Defamation Suits How Was This Not A Thing?

New proposed legislation could give people who make sexual assault and harassment complaints full immunity against being sued for defamation and honestly, how was this not already a thing? A consultation paper released by the Victorian government revealed it wants to extend the existing “complete immunity and defence” against defamation to people who make complaints to police and other bodies such as anti-discrimination commissions and professional disciplinary boards. The defence would apply “even where the speaker deliberately or maliciously made a false or misleading statement” because “research into the prevalence of false, misleading or vexatious publications in a variety of reporting settings has consistently found them to be rare”. The paper argued “the far more significant issue faced by investigative and enforcement bodies [was] reluctance of victim-survivors to report”. Basically, people pretty much never

Michael Douglastold the Age

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