Defendant tells court LGAQ CEO Greg Hallam’s defamation claim is ‘contrived, excessive and an abuse of process’
Andrew McKenna
The Cairns Post | November 3, 2022 – 7:00AM
A court has heard a defamation claim against a Tablelands resident and a Cairns Regional Council councillor “lacks connection to facts”.
“A posse in a lynch mob” that “went after” Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) boss Greg Hallam was the way two defendants in a defamation trial were described earlier this week.
Tablelands resident Lyn O’Connor and Councillor Rob Pyne – a former state MP – are representing themselves in a defamation action brought against them by Greg Hallam, the former CEO of the Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ).
