The Australian | By CLAIRE HARVEY and NINA FUNNELL
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The Victorian government on Tuesday night failed in the upper house to pass a controversial gag clause in the face of furious opposition from the families of murdered rape victims, including Jill Meagher.
A crossbench revolt in the upper house threw into disarray the Andrews government’s plan to introduce a law including a clause that would prevent grieving families or media naming sexual assault victims after their deaths without permission from a court.
Crossbench MPs, including from Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party and Fiona Patten, supported an opposition and Greens amendment ditching the clause, with debate on the wider bill continuing in the legislative council’s evening session…
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