Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

But the fact is that this happens across the board in our system. The fact is that if you notify people that you have a warrant against them you will destroy the whole regime this legislation is creating.

If someone defames someone and that person never finds out about it, they are not capable of bringing an action—they cannot bring the action because they do not know about it. That is a basis of our system. If they do not know about it—it has not been demonstrated to them—they cannot argue the case, then, can they? What I am saying here is that, if there is no disadvantage, where is the action?