Two newspaper articles published in 2009 and written by nationally-syndicated columnist Andrew Bolt were found reeking with discriminatory contents against the Australian aborigines, according to a ruling issued on Wednesday by a Federal Court.

In his decision, Federal Court Justice Mordy Bromberg contended that Bolt broke the Racial Discrimination Act when he wrote in 2009 two news commentaries titled 'It's Hip to be Black' and 'White Fellas in the Black', in which he claimed 18 Australians deliberately claimed aborigine heritage in order to enjoy better career opportunities and higher income possibilities.

Enacted in 1975, the law complements the country's multiracial society and protects some 2.3 percent of the nation's aborigine population from any form of discrimination and tolerance.

Bolt's writings, which were ran by the Melbourne-based Herald Sun, "offended, insulted, humiliated or intimidated," Australia's so-called fair-skinned aborigines, according to Bromberg.

The court ruling also stressed that imputations carried by the Herald Sun articles "contained errors of fact, distortions of the truth and inflammatory and provocative language," and therefore could hide under the cloak of 'fair comment' as provided by the same law that the columnist, known for his right-wing commentaries, had breached.

While Bolt was not handed any fine or punishment, as mandated by the law, The Associated Press reported that he and his publisher were ordered by Bromberg to meet with the aggrieved parties, many of them present during the reading of the decision, to discuss definite measures that would reflect the court ruling.

The AP report added that one possible amends that the plaintiffs could secure from the Federal Court is the publication of a news story that would rectify the mistakes committed by Bolt's writings, including a formal apology from both the writer and the publisher.

In his defense, Bolt argued that he merely amplified what turned out as some form of trend being taken advantage by some citizens in order to win undue favours.

"This is a terrible day for free speech in this country ... it is particularly a restriction on the freedom of all Australians to discuss multiculturalism and how people identify themselves," Bolt was quoted by AP as saying during a short interview with media while heading out of the court building.