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'Dismissed': legal experts explain the judgment in the Ben Roberts-Smith defamation case

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Friday, June 2, 2023

The civil trial ended in July 2022 after an astonishing 110 days of evidence and legal submissions.

Key Points: 
  • The civil trial ended in July 2022 after an astonishing 110 days of evidence and legal submissions.
  • Besanko determined the newspapers did establish the “substantial truth” of some of the allegations, though not of others.
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    A win for the press, a big loss for Ben Roberts-Smith: what does this judgment tell us about defamation law?

Substantial and contextual truth

    • Besanko also found allegations of bullying by Roberts-Smith to be substantially true, but did not find that the newspapers had established the substantial truth of the domestic violence allegations.
    • The “contextual” truth changes came in a push to have uniformity in defamation laws back in 2005.
    • Under the law, they needed only to show the “substantial” truth of what they had alleged.
    • Because the papers were able to establish the substantial truth of key aspects of the reporting, Roberts-Smith’s case failed.

What happens next?

    • The newspapers requested three weeks to consider how much to seek for costs and third-party costs.
    • There’s little doubt that both sides have each spent millions on their respective legal teams.

Palantir Continues Expansion in Australia with WesTrac Partnership

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022

CANBERRA, Australia and PERTH, Australia, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Palantir Technologies Inc. (Palantir, NYSE: PLTR), a leading builder of operating systems for the modern enterprise, and WesTrac, a leading provider of heavy mobile equipment and aftermarket services to the Australian mining and construction sectors, today announced a partnership to deploy Palantir Foundry across WesTrac's servicing and rebuild operations centres in Perth, Western Australia.

Key Points: 
  • CANBERRA, Australia and PERTH, Australia, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Palantir Technologies Inc. (Palantir, NYSE: PLTR), a leading builder of operating systems for the modern enterprise, and WesTrac, a leading provider of heavy mobile equipment and aftermarket services to the Australian mining and construction sectors, today announced a partnership to deploy Palantir Foundry across WesTrac's servicing and rebuild operations centres in Perth, Western Australia.
  • WesTrac and Palantir first began collaboration in 2021, and the current formal agreement will eventually expand to include WesTrac workshops in New South Wales.
  • "Palantir Foundry will help transform WesTrac by providing unique insight into its critical operational and manufacturing decisions."
  • "The WesTrac team are delighted to be working with Palantir on a project that will further digitalise our rebuild operations" said Jarvas Croome, Chief Executive Officer of WesTrac.

Live Sports Streamers More Receptive To Ads Than Traditional TV Viewers According To New Research From Magnite

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Wednesday, July 6, 2022

82% of all Australian OTT users can be classified as live streamers according to the study, demonstrating that Australia continues to lead the way on streaming.

Key Points: 
  • 82% of all Australian OTT users can be classified as live streamers according to the study, demonstrating that Australia continues to lead the way on streaming.
  • "One of the studys key findings shows that engagement with live content extends to the advertising that accompanies it.
  • Sports fans prefer to watch live over watching on demand 71% of live sports programming is watched in real time.
  • Live sports streaming is omnichannel, but viewers prefer a large screen environment when streaming live sports, with 84% opting to watch on CTV.

CDO Club CEO David Mathison Names "All 2020 U.S. CDOs" as U.S. Chief Digital Officer of the Year for 2020

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Previous U.S. Chief Digital Officer of the Year award winners include Atif Rafiq, President, Commercial & Growth for MGM Resorts International (2019), Fred Santarpia, Chief Digital Officer at Cond Nast(2018); Thomas Hjelm, Chief Digital Officer at NPR (2017); Linda Boff, Chief Marketing Officer at GE (2016); Adam Brotman, Chief Digital Officer at Starbucks Coffee Company (2015); Rachael S. Haot, Chief Digital Officer of New York City and New York State (2014); and Teddy Goff, Digital Director at Obama for America (2013).

Key Points: 
  • Previous U.S. Chief Digital Officer of the Year award winners include Atif Rafiq, President, Commercial & Growth for MGM Resorts International (2019), Fred Santarpia, Chief Digital Officer at Cond Nast(2018); Thomas Hjelm, Chief Digital Officer at NPR (2017); Linda Boff, Chief Marketing Officer at GE (2016); Adam Brotman, Chief Digital Officer at Starbucks Coffee Company (2015); Rachael S. Haot, Chief Digital Officer of New York City and New York State (2014); and Teddy Goff, Digital Director at Obama for America (2013).
  • U.K. Chief Digital Officer of the Year award winners have includedBertrand Bodson, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at Sainsbury's Argos (2016);Tanya Cordrey, Chief Digital Officer at Guardian News and Media (2015); andMike Bracken, Chief Digital Officer at U.K.'s Government Digital Service (2014).
  • The EU Chief Digital Officer of the Year award winner wasPatrick Hoffstetter, former Chief Digital Officer at Renault (2016).
  • Australian CDO of the Year award winners includeClive Dickens, former Chief Digital Officer at Seven West Media (2017); andRebekah Horne, former Chief Digital Officer at Network Ten (2016).