Wagner family wins defamation case against 60 Minutes over Grantham flood report

Brisbane supreme court finds Nine Network report incorrectly insinuated the family were responsible for deadly 2011 flood

A wealthy Queensland family awarded a record Australian defamation payout from Alan Jones and his employers for incorrect flood death accusations were also defamed by the Nine Network, a court has found.

Toowoomba’s Wagner brothers sued over a 60 Minutes report from May 2015, with a jury on Friday determining it incorrectly insinuated they were responsible for the 2011 flood in Grantham which killed 12 people.

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