Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, lies against any person for publishing in good faith for the information of the public:
(a) a copy of, or a fair extract from, or a fair abstract of, any report made by a Board or Commissioner; or
(b) a fair and accurate report of the proceedings before any Board or Commissioner, not being proceedings directed to be heard in private.
(2) A publication is taken to be made in good faith for the information of the public if the person by whom it is made is not actuated in making it by ill-will to the person defamed or by any other improper motive.