What is Attorney-General Christian Porter’s defamation case against the ABC actually about? The answer is less clear than it appears.
A group whose leader faced numerous allegations of child sexual assault has doubled down on its denials that any abuse took place.
In a major coup,Justin Gleeson,SC,will lead the ABC’s defence in the defamation case filed against it by the Attorney-General.
The Senate has passed just one section of the Morrison government’s industrial relations overhaul after it failed to win support for the reform package.
Any inquiry with links to the allegations against the Attorney-General will be hard,not least for the family of his accuser.
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The defamation law in Australia,both in its arcane conception and in its application,is not really about unearthing the truth. It strongly favours rich plaintiffs and deters honest reporting of current events.
The Attorney-General’s defamation claim against the ABC could well serve as a venue for witnesses and evidence to be tested.
Christian Porter will delegate key parts of his job when he returns from leave under a plan to keep his cabinet position while he wages a defamation battle.
The Attorney-General is seeking,very strategically,to back the ABC into a corner by challenging it to prove he is guilty of a crime.
The former Liberal staffer told the crowd outside Parliament House she felt people only paid attention to her allegation of rape because of where it happened.