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Politicians know defamation laws can silence women, but they won’t do anything about it

By Sarah Ailwood, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Wollongong

Away from the glare of high-profile trials, defamation law is being used against women who come forward about sexual harassment. There’s little political appetite to fix it.

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