Australia has no first amendment. Nothing even equivalent.

In the US, if you’re reporting on a public figure they have to prove you lied deliberately, or with reckless disregard for the truth.
Thats why American investigative journalism is brutal and relentless.
Australia runs the opposite system. Once the plaintiff establishes something defamatory the burden shifts. The journalist must prove in court that every single claim is true. One contested fact is enough to get you in trouble.
Legal costs can reach up to $800,000. You don’t even have to lose, you just have to be sued.
Australia is also one of the few Western democracies where reporting on ethnically concentrated fraud carries legal risk. Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act makes it illegal to offend or humiliate someone based on race. The journalism exemption exists but invoking it means going to court to prove it.
Pavlou and Zogoulas spent months with 5 lawyers cutting 17 hours of footage down to 50 minutes to survive their publication.
In the US this story would have been on 60 Minutes 6 months ago.
In Australia, 2 people with a YouTube channel had to do it because for every mainstream outlet it’s not worth it.