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Perhaps. But also about Australian media's slipshod reporting standards for anything that can be stuck with a 'Chinese influence' label.

Let's look at the actual judgment and history of this case...
'...Rares first threw out their defence.. concerned about “sweeping and imprecise particulars”, “hearsay”, “speculation” and “circular inferential reasoning”.. Some parts.. were “embarrassing because they were conclusory and had no content of substance”'

theaustralian.com.au/business/legal…
'In August 2019, a full bench of the Federal Court unanimously rejected an appeal against Rares’ ruling. ... the particulars of the truth defence drawn up by the ABC and Nine had “many problems” including “vague allegations”, “vague words” and was “untenable”.'
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@rlefraim wrote, "INTERESTING QUESTION
The Democrats in Congress have decided to characterize Trump's efforts to get foreign cooperation to investigate corruption of US politicians in the past, as "illegal",....
1) #criminal #corruption #illegal
though there is nothing illegal about finding out about past possibly criminal behavior.

But, let them be consistent.
2) #illegal #corrupt #Democrats
#USPoliticians
What Presidents of the USA (and other high officials) have used their influence on foreign nations to get cooperation to find information about American politicians and their activities? Let's See. 3) #Presidents #foreigninfluence
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