News Corp told by Liberal MP that allegations about Sam Groth and wife were ‘political hit job’, couple’s lawyers say

Exclusive: Articles about Sam and Brittany Groth failed to include key comments, documents filed in defamation and privacy case sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA News Corp reporter failed to include a Victorian Liberal MP’s statement that allegations about the party’s deputy leader Sam Groth’s relationship with his wife were “nothing more than a political hit job” in a story, lawyers for the couple say.The Herald and Weekly Times (HWT), reporter Stephen Drill and Herald Sun editor Sam Weir are being sued in the federal court by Brittany Groth – in the first test of new laws for serious invasions of privacy – and by Sam Groth, for defamation over a series of articles published in July. Continue reading...

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