David Norris (Independent)

I second the amendment. If I am right, and Senator Alex White will correct me when he has collected himself, this amendment gives a person a fair opportunity to respond to a potentially damaging article that may appear in a newspaper. It must be a reasonable attempt to publish a response. I have had the experience when highly libellous material was published about me and I got a very muddled call late at night, and so on. Senator White is attempting to be fair to both parties by protecting newspapers in making this some type of defence but also indicating that they should attempt to obtain in advance and publish a response from the person who is maligned. That is as I understand it.