Nine apologises and agrees to pay damages to Andrew Laming in defamation settlement

The confidential settlement includes an apology after Nine News Queensland falsely accused the former Liberal National MP of taking an upskirting' photograph

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The former Liberal National MP Dr Andrew Laming has reached a confidential settlement in a defamation case he brought against Nine over a broadcast in March last year.

Nine Entertainment has agreed to pay Laming an undisclosed amount and apologise for the story on Nine News Queensland which falsely accused him of taking an upskirting" photograph of a woman while she was on her knees stacking a bar fridge.