2005. The plaintiff alleged eight defamatory imputations of comments made in the broadcast under the Defamation Act 1974, and Harbour Radio defended the comments under Sections 15 and 16 of the act which provide a legal defense if "imputation is a matter of substantial truth" and "either relates to a matter of public interest or is published under qualified privilege." Supreme Court justice Peter McClellan ruled against the plaintiff. The claim has gone to the High Court of Australia, and the New South Wales Court of Appeal. The case against Jason Morrison is one of the longest running cases in recent Australian history, and is believed to have incurred $4 million in legal fees for Harbour Radio, who continued to defend Morrison after he left for a rival station. In 2015 the matter was resolved by the High Court of Australia and he was forced to pay $290,000 in damages. In a separate case, Trad won a defamation action against the same radio station and was awarded $10,000. Controversy Trad is a controversial figure in Australia due to many of his activities, comments and views on matters relating to Islam: He once translated some articles for "Nidal ul Islam", the magazine of an Australian-based group called the 'Islamic Youth Movement', of which Bilal Khazal was once a member. The group has since been investigated for alleged terrorism-related offences. In 1995 he said, "The criminal dregs of white society colonised this country and...the descendants of these criminal dregs tell us that they are better than us." Trad was accused by the mainstream media of supporting "terrorism". They used his refusal to condemn organisations such as Hezbollah as an example, when in fact the only part of Hizbollah banned in Australia is the "Hezbollah External Security Organization". In addition, his frequent criticism of Israel has been used by the media to portray him as anti-Semitic. Moreover, in August 2006, shortly after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was agreed to in order to end conflict, Trad and Hilaly wrote to the Lebanese Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora, urging him to reject Australian peacekeepers. He offended many moderate Muslims, as well as some Australians of Turkish background, when he alleged "Atatürk was in fact an opponent of the practice of Islam" when responding to Australian Treasurer Peter Costello's speech suggesting Atatürk as a model for Muslims. Throughout his years as Hilaly's spokesperson, Trad has