Talk:John Olsen

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Liar liar case[edit]

For the life of me I could never find including this article the outcome of the liar liar case.

Does anyone know the outcome of the case.122.108.156.100 (talk) 04:09, 26 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a start http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/81356829 Adpete (talk) 05:18, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And this https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:11241/nmc09.pdf (News media chronicle, July 1999 to June 2000, Rod Kirkpatrick in Australian Studies in Journalism 9: 2000, pp.139-175) page 162:

"South Australia’s Premier John Olsen, lost a bid before the full bench of the SA Supreme Court for a permanent stay on an unprecedented defamation action launched by Opposition Leader Mike Rann − the so-called “Liar Liar” case. The majority of the full court agreed that truth could not be used as a defence by Olsen, but the defences of qualified privilege and fair comment remained open. Three of the five judges agreed it was inappropriate for the full court to grant a stay when it had to speculate on what evidence might be put at the trial and how, if at all, the act could have an impact. The defamation case, which is unlikely to proceed to a trial, arose from comments made by Rann during a federal parliamentary inquiry in 1997 where he identified Olsen as the source of leaks to the Labor Party that undermined then-Premier Dean Brown. Olsen rejected the allegation, calling Rann a liar. Rann sued. The case is unlikely ever to go to trial." Adpete (talk) 05:22, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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