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Australia’s Defence Minister Peter Dutton Wins Defamation Case Against Gay Refugee Activist

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starobserver.com.au

Defence Minister Peter Dutton won his defamation case against an unemployed gay refugee activist who had referred to him as a “rape apologist” on social mediaA Federal Court indicated that it would order gay refugee activist Shane Bazzi to pay $35,000 as damages to Dutton.

The minister had sued Bazzi over a tweet published on February 25, that said:  “Peter Dutton is a rape apologist.”Bazzi, a prominent voice during the 2017 national Marriage equality vote, who is presently unemployed had raised over $157,000 through crowdfunding to fight the defamation case by Dutton.

Following the verdict, Bazzi posted on : “We are very disappointed with the outcome. We will be taking time to consider our options.

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