Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts23. Defence of contextual truth
It is a defence to the publication of defamatory matter if the defendant proves that -
(a) the matter carried, in addition to the defamatory imputations of which the plaintiff complains, one or more other imputations (contextual imputations) that are substantially true; and
(b) the defamatory imputations do not further harm the reputation of the plaintiff because of the substantial truth of the contextual imputations.