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The law is about to be tested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The defendants in a defamation trial more than seven years in the making have called for a covert recording to be admitted as evidence, arguing that \u201ca journalist doesn\u2019t get a better source than the plaintiff\u2019s own voice\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watoday.com.au\/national\/western-australia\/can-you-have-a-private-conversation-in-a-pub-the-law-is-about-to-be-tested-20260728-p60jc4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">World \u2013 Perth \u2013 rss.app \u2192 manual entry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The defendants in a defamation trial more than seven years in the making have called for a covert recording to be admitted as evidence, arguing that \u201ca journalist doesn\u2019t get a better source than the plaintiff\u2019s own 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