Victorian woman wins $30,000 for invasion of privacy after father spoke to media about surviving murder attempt
Court found man co-authored true-crime book, appeared on Seven Network and gave interviews to Marie Claire, the Age and Sydney Morning Herald
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A Victorian court has recognised invasion of privacy in Australian law in a decision published only weeks after the federal government introduced a bill to tackle the issue.
The decision resulted in compensation worth tens of thousands of dollars for a woman who successfully argued her father breached her privacy in a series of media interviews he gave after surviving a murder attempt orchestrated by her mother.
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