Peter van Onselen breached his contract with former employer Network Ten, with the judgement awarding the decision to Ten, and finding van Onselen was not a “convincing witness”.
Peter van Onselen signed an agreement not to disparage Network 10 or its owners when he exited in March.
"The making of a declaration is, in the particular circumstances of this case, sufficient assuagement for Ten of its grievance." Network Ten sued Peter van Onselen, a political commentator and academic, over the column in The Australian he wrote months after he left the network.Van Onselen quit his position in March and signed an agreement not to disparage the network or its United States-based owner Paramount, in exchange for a $165,000 redundancy.
"I used the phrase 'If the CEO was caught f***ing a goat and the rest of the media was piling on, then surely I would not be precluded from doing the same'," van Onselen told the court. His barrister, Sue Chrysanthou, argued the non-disparagement clause and court order sought never to disparage Paramount or its employees was overbearing.
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