Morrow sues for He Who Shall Not Be Named slur. Today's CBD column:
, co-founder of satirical group The Chaser, has always been a stout defender of free speech. He even gave an Andrew Olle Media Lecture on the subject.So it is a surprise to learn Morrow attempted to sue fellow TV producerfor defamation, after Murray referred to him as “Lord Voldemort” the fictional villain from theseries, in an email to the ABC. No need to point out that Morrow is perfectly within his rights to do so if he feels his reputation has been injured and livelihood damaged.
New papers for a separate defamation action were served on Cordell Jigsaw last week, but the aggravated damages claim referring to the characterisation of Morrow as He Who Must Not Be Named had disappeared. Expelliarmus!still has a month to go running a regulatory probe weighing up whether Crown Resorts should retain its licence to run a Sydney casino at Barangaroo. But it’s not like Crown to let a pesky licensing snag get in the way of Crown Sydney plans for a scheduled opening in December.
The casino operator is hard at work hiring senior staff. It has hired prolific corporate affairs bossGladys Berejiklian and was even lucky enough to make the cut to accompany her friend, the Premier that is, on a July 2017 trip to Hawaii.at Coca-Cola Amatil. Before that, she held plum jobs at BHP in Melbourne and at roads giant Transurban.
Baini is expected to start in November. She will focus predominantly on maintaining Crown’s relationship with the state’s independent liquor and gaming regulator, a relationship which no doubt will need close tending long after Bergin’s inquiry wraps up.
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