Journalists may need to reveal sources: Supreme Court

By court reporter Jamelle Wells

Updated February 01, 2012 13:21:46

A judge has found three Fairfax journalists may have to reveal their sources for a story about Chinese-Australian developer Helen Liu and federal Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon.

Justice Lucy McCallum has told the Supreme Court she will order The Age newspaper and three journalists to hand over documents that relate to the identity of the sources behind stories related to Ms Liu and Mr Fitzgibbon.

She has only given her 60-page judgment to lawyers for both parties, but this afternoon will hear submissions for non-publication orders.

Ms Liu applied for the documents ahead of a possible defamation case.

In 2010, the newspaper reported that Ms Liu, a Labor Party donor and family friend of Mr Fitzgibbon, paid him $150,000 which he did not declare.

The former defence minister denies receiving the payment.

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First posted February 01, 2012 13:21:46

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