Editing Peter Dutton (section)

==== Defamation case ====
On 16 June 2021, in the [[Federal Court of Australia|Federal Court]], [[Richard Weeks White|Justice Richard White]] ordered Dutton to attend mediation over a defamation suit he brought against refugee activist Shane Bazzi over a tweet calling him a "rape apologist".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/16/peter-dutton-to-enter-court-ordered-mediation-with-shane-bazzi-in-tweet-defamation-case |title=Peter Dutton to enter court-ordered mediation with Shane Bazzi in tweet defamation case |last=Karp |first=Paul |agency=[[Australian Associated Press]]|date=16 June 2021|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=22 October 2021 |archive-date=23 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923071227/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/16/peter-dutton-to-enter-court-ordered-mediation-with-shane-bazzi-in-tweet-defamation-case |url-status=live }}</ref>  In August 2021, it was announced that this mediation had failed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/mediation-fails-in-peter-dutton-s-defamation-suit-over-tweet-20210820-p58kj7.html|title=Mediation fails in Peter Dutton's defamation suit over tweet|last=Whitbourn|first=Michaela|date=20 August 2021|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006110138/https://www.smh.com.au/national/mediation-fails-in-peter-dutton-s-defamation-suit-over-tweet-20210820-p58kj7.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/21/peter-dutton-to-be-sole-witness-in-defamation-case-against-refugee-activist|title=Peter Dutton to be sole witness in defamation case against refugee activist|agency=Australian Associated Press|date=21 September 2021|work=The Guardian|access-date=23 September 2021|archive-date=23 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923071413/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/21/peter-dutton-to-be-sole-witness-in-defamation-case-against-refugee-activist|url-status=live}}</ref> On 24 November 2021, White ruled in Dutton's favour and awarded $35,000 in defamation damages, but refused Dutton's bid for an injunction to prevent Bazzi tweeting about him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/24/peter-dutton-wins-defamation-case-against-refugee-activist-shane-bazzi-over-tweet|last=Karp|first=Paul|title=Peter Dutton wins defamation case against refugee activist Shane Bazzi over tweet|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=24 November 2021|access-date=24 Nov 2021|archive-date=4 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504110752/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/24/peter-dutton-wins-defamation-case-against-refugee-activist-shane-bazzi-over-tweet|url-status=live}}</ref> This decision was overturned on 17 May 2022 by the Full Court of the Federal Court, which found that the words "rape apologist", taken in the context of the whole message together with the ''Guardian'' article to which it was linked, referred to Dutton's attitude not to rape itself but toward claims of having been raped and accordingly did not amount to defamation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/17/shane-bazzi-wins-appeal-in-defamation-case-over-peter-dutton-tweet|last=Knaus|first=Christopher|title=Shane Bazzi wins appeal in defamation case over Peter Dutton tweet|work=The Guardian|date=17 May 2022|access-date=17 May 2022|archive-date=17 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517013030/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/17/shane-bazzi-wins-appeal-in-defamation-case-over-peter-dutton-tweet|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/appeal-court-overturns-peter-dutton-s-35-000-defamation-win-over-tweet-20220517-p5alzv.html|last=Whitbourn|first=Michaela|title=Appeal court overturns Peter Dutton's $35,000 defamation win over tweet|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=17 May 2022|access-date=17 May 2022|archive-date=17 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517015602/https://www.smh.com.au/national/appeal-court-overturns-peter-dutton-s-35-000-defamation-win-over-tweet-20220517-p5alzv.html|url-status=live}}</ref>