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[Roger Clarke]

>On 5/10/10 11:35 AM, Roger Clarke wrote:
>>  Just to clarify ...
>>  The media is exempt from law in Australia.
>>  Sorry, I should be more precise.
>>  The media is exempt from *some* laws, and privacy is one of them.

At 12:43 +1100 5/10/10, Ben McGinnes wrote:
>Does that mean that if News Ltd (or anyone else) engaged in the same
>sort of practices as the News of the World has in the UK (e.g. accessing
>voice mails) then they could get away with it?  That doesn't seem right.

Mmmm, make that "... and *the Privacy Act* is one of them".

If they breached a provision of, say the Crimes Act, the TIAA or the 
Telecomms Act, then I would imagine (without actually checking) that 
they would have no exemption.


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