Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 14V

14V Journalist privilege relating to identity of informants

(1) Despite any other Act, the journalist or a relevant person for the journalist can not be compelled, in relation to the relevant proceeding, to give evidence or comply with a disclosure requirement if giving the evidence or complying with the requirement would—

(a) disclose the identity of the informant as the source of the provided information; or

(b) enable the identity of the informant as the source of the provided information to be ascertained.

(2) However, this section applies in relation to a relevant person for the journalist only if the relevant person became aware of the identity of the informant as the source of the provided information—

(a) in the normal course of the relevant person’s work with the journalist; or

(b) in the course of, or as a result of, a relevant proceeding.