June 29, 2023 — 5.30pm
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Journalist and political commentator Peter van Onselen threatened to instigate a public whistleblower campaign against Network Ten last month after he received legal letters suggesting he had breached a non-disparagement clause signed when he left the broadcaster.
Van Onselen is being sued by his former employer in the NSW Supreme Court after he wrote a column for The Australian on May 29 which examined the financial woes of Ten and its parent company Paramount.
Ten brought urgent proceedings on June 2 seeking a declaration that the agreement signed by van Onselen had been breached, and asking for a permanent injunction to stop him from making statements that would affect Ten’s reputation.
Arthur Moses, SC, appearing for Ten, told the court on Thursday that van Onselen “is not an even-tempered individual; he has a megaphone and he thinks he can use it”.
Moses said van Onselen sent an email to Ten’s lawyers on May 31 in which he wrote: “I put Network Ten on notice that by your actions you are harassing a former employee in a concerted campaign to silence them.”
“[van Onselen] is not an even-tempered individual; he has a megaphone and he thinks he can use it.”
Arthur Moses SC, appearing for Ten
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