Australian Capital Territory SLAPPs
This page is part of a list of Australian SLAPP suits and threatened law suits. It contains the references to SLAPPs in the Australian Capital Territory (or cases in the ACT Division of the Federal Court). The full details of the list and the definitions used is at SLAPP's in Australia.
Cases
Legal Threats
- April 2003: Canberra Zoo: Letter threatening Animal Liberation with defamation if a protest went ahead.[1]
- August 1997: Head of the government owned utility, ACTEW, threatened Greens Member of Parliament Kerrie Tucker over statements made about ACTEW possibly being in breach of legislation over a coal powered electricity deal. ACTEW demanded an apology. [2] Tucker refused to issue an apology and spoke out about the threat in Parliament. ACTEW did not initiate legal action.
- November 1997: the National Association of Forest Industries warned the television station, Ten Capital, that it would commence legal action if it didn't withdraw a Community Service Announcement by The Wilderness Society. Copy of correspondence
Other SourceWatch resources
External links
- Ian Warden, "Zoo Threatens Legal Action over Protesters' Accusations" Canberra Time', 28 April 2003, page 2.
