Evidence Act 2011
126JDefinitions—div 3.10.1C
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126J Definitions—div 3.10.1C In this division: informant means a person who gives information to a journalist in the normal course of the journalist’s work in the expectation that the information may be published in a news medium. journalist means a person who is engaged and active in the publication of news and who may be given information by an informant in the expectation that the information may be published in a news medium. news medium means a medium for the dissemination to the public or a section of the public of news and observations on news.
Journalist privilege Division 3.10.1C