Local Government (Administration) Regulations 1996

A local government is not liable to an action for defamation in relation to any of the following done by the local government as required or authorised under this Part —

publicly broadcasting a meeting;

making a recording of a meeting;

making a recording of a meeting publicly available;

retaining a recording of a meeting or a copy of a recording;

providing a copy of a recording of a meeting to the Inspector.

In subregulation (1), references to a meeting include a part of a meeting.