Defamation case follows Studio 10 debate / Sunrise apology.
Nova Peris is suing ex-politician after comments made during a Studio 10 interview; Sunrise issues apology to NT indigenous community.
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Former politician Nova Peris is suing conservative Indigenous politician Jacinta Price for defamation over comments she made on Studio 10 last year.
The remarks were made during a follow-up discussion with Price, after the controversial Australia Day fallout between Kerri-Anne Kennerley and Yumi Stynes.
Peris is alleging the comments referencing her made by the former Liberal candidate in the Northern Territory conveyed several defamatory meanings, including that she participated in the promotion of Aboriginal men “when they were known to be perpetrators of sexual violence against women”.
Peris is also taking legal action over a tweet by Studio 10 that was retweeted by Price.
In October ACMA cleared Studio 10 of the original offending segment.
Elsewhere Sunrise this morning aired an Apology to Yolngu people following a heavily-criticised panel on Aboriginal adoptions last year.
15 members of the remote Northern Territory community of Yirrkala claimed the show defamed them by playing blurred background footage of them during the panel discussion. The footage was originally filmed with consent for a health promotion in Yirrkala.
Seven West Media was ordered by the Federal Court to pay an undisclosed amount of money, cover the group’s legal costs, and issue a public apology.
“On 13 March 2018, we aired a story about alleged child abuse and neglect in Aboriginal communities and white people adopting Aboriginal children,” the statement read.
“During the story, we showed unrelated blurred file footage of the Yirrkala community and Yolngu families in that community.
“The Yirrkala community and those Yolngu families had nothing to do with the story. And they have nothing to do with the alleged child abuse and neglect.
“They do not support any of the comments made in the story.
“Channel Seven apologises to the Yirrkala community and especially the Yolngu people shown in the story and their families for the hurt and distress that the misuse of this footage has caused them.”
ACMA found Sunrise in breach of the Code of Practice in September 2018.
Source: smh.com.au, NITV