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Activists score High Court hearing over illegal filming

#1. Friday 5 Dec 2025 by Sue Webster (Beef Central)

Animal activists are claiming a victory after the High Court yesterday agreed to consider their right to screen illegally-filmed abattoir footage.
High Court to decide fate of Victorian abattoir video

#2. Friday 5 Dec 2025 by Tallis Miles (The Weekly Times)

Animal activists have won the right to challenge a ban on publishing controversial abattoir footage in Australia’s highest court.
Animal activist group refers DAFF to corruption watchdog

#3. Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 by Monique Patterson (Stock & Land)

Farm Transparency Project alleges animal cruelty cover-up linked to DAFF at Victorian abattoir. Activists seek anti-corruption probe.
Unexpected twist in Victorian abattoir video saga

#4. Friday 14 Nov 2025 by Tallis Miles (The Weekly Times)

Animal activists have claimed the Department of Agriculture has been referred to the national corruption watchdog for its handling of an animal cruelty complaint.
The abattoir using copyright law against activists

#5. Saturday 23 Aug 2025 by Katherine Wilson (The Saturday Paper)

Chris Delforce accepts his films may one day land him in jail. His footage has generated public inquiries, government taskforces and law reform. In the past fortnight, the Melbourne filmmaker has endured legal threats from a meat processor and, early on the morning of Tuesday, August 12, police raided his Southbank...
Australian Court Sets Dangerous Precedent To Censor Animal Abuse Investigation - Real Media - The View From Below

#6. Thursday 21 Aug 2025 by Sul Nowroz (Real Media)

An Australian court has granted a permanent injunction against the Farm Transparency Project (FTP), a not-for-profit charity dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of farm animals. The injunction was applied for by The Game Meats Company, a slaughterhouse based in Eurobin, Victoria, in an effort to censor reporting on...
Could copyright now be used to gag advocacy groups and media reporting?

#7. Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 by Dr Elizabeth Hicks (The University of Melbourne)

The Australian Federal Court's recent copyright judgment on footage filmed covertly could deter rights advocacy groups and undermine media freedom and public debate
'Animal Farm': Media Watch

#8. Monday 18 Aug 2025 by (ABC Media Watch)

Animal rights reporting faces an uncertain future due to a legal ruling.
Animal cruelty. The meat in a copyright case. What's the scam?

#9. Monday 18 Aug 2025 by Kim Wingerei (Michael West Media)

When animal rights group Farm Transparency Project blew the whistle on unlawful practices at an abattoir, they didn't expect copyright laws to stop them.
Court orders activists to destroy secret Victorian abattoir footage

#10. Wednesday 13 Aug 2025 by Tallis Miles (The Weekly Times)

Animal activists must delete secretly filmed abattoir footage and pay $130,000 in damages after losing a Federal Court battle against a Victorian meat company.
Court to decide fate of blocked Victorian abattoir video

#11. Tuesday 5 Aug 2025 by Tallis Miles (Herald Sun)

Federal Court judges will decide if controversial footage showing alleged animal cruelty can be published, following an appeal hearing last week.
Victorian abattoir to appeal federal court ruling

#12. Wednesday 5 Feb 2025 by Alexandra Laskie (The Weekly Times)

A notice of appeal has been lodged by the abattoir which lost its bid to stop the publishing of footage illegally obtained by animal activists. See the latest.
No injunction against slaughter video would ‘invite anarchy’

#13. Thursday 5 Sep 2024 by Tallis Miles (The Weekly Times)

A Victorian abattoir is seeking a permanent injunction and a potential six-figure sum for damages against an animal activist group. See the details.
Slaughterhouse video taken by 'extreme' animal activists amounts to 'ongoing trespass', federal court told

#14. Tuesday 3 Sep 2024 by Katherine Wilson (The Guardian)

Closing arguments in a landmark case brought by a Victorian abattoir against an animal advocacy charity were heard at the federal court of Australia on Tuesday.
Victorian abattoir in legal battle against slaughter video

#15. Friday 9 Aug 2024 by Tallis Miles (The Weekly Times)

Key witnesses have taken the stand in a Federal Court trial regarding whether animal activists can publish footage from inside a slaughterhouse.

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