Participation in the offer to make amends process under Division 1 of Part 3 of the Defamation Act 2005 (Qld) does not of itself render it unreasonable for a plaintiff to commence proceedings within the one-year limitation period; the one-year period should be taken to allow sufficient time for the operation of so much of that process as should occur before the commencement of litigation, absent unusual circumstances. On a s 32A application, evidence of the fact that an offer to make amends was made is admissible, but evidence of its content is not. Appellate review of a s 32A(2) determination proceeds on Warren v Coombes principles, not House v The King principles.
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