Peter van Onselen loses breach of contract case brought by Network Ten

NSW supreme court judge rules newspaper article by former political editor was a ‘one-off mistake’

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Former Network Ten political editor Peter van Onselen has lost a contract breach lawsuit against his former employer over a scathing column he wrote in the Australian.

“I am persuaded that the article is a one-off mistake,” NSW supreme court justice David Hammerschlag said in his judgment on Friday.