The Aboriginal Group Suing Channel Seven Over That 'Sunrise' Panel Had A Win In Court

Channel Seven has failed in its bid to strike out a lawsuit brought by a group of Aboriginal people who say they were defamed during a now infamous panel discussion on breakfast TV showYolngu woman Kathy Mununggurr and 14 others from the remote community of Yirrkala, including adults and children, are suing the TV network after they were depicted in blurred overlay footage that played during the segment in March 2018.

The group is also suing for breach of confidence and breach of privacy, as well as misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct under the Australian Consumer Law, The judge noted Australia's high Aboriginal incarceration rates, and said that many people who end up in prison experience trauma in their childhood.

He declined to strike out the claim and told Smark that at trial he would decide"whether the ordinary reasonable person is as nice as you would have me believe or less nice". The lawyers spent a lengthy period arguing whether the claim for misleading and deceptive conduct should be struck out.

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