The Federal Court has heard that federal Liberal minister Christian Porter will vigorously oppose a bid to stop a Sydney barrister acting for him in a defamation fight with the ABC.
Christian Porter is the only minister from Scott Morrison’s March reshuffle who is yet to hold a press conference or give an interview.
The Federal Court will hear an urgent application to stop one of Christian Porter’s barristers acting for him in his defamation case against the ABC.
Bernard Collaery,who allegedly helped a client reveal Australia bugged East Timor’s cabinet,will challenge a court order requiring large parts of his trial to be held in secret.
A friend of the woman who accused Christian Porter of rape has made a court bid to stop one of his barristers from acting for him in his defamation case against the ABC.
The ABC says it did not defame the former attorney-general but it can prove there were reasonable grounds for suspecting him of raping a woman in the 1980s when he was a teenager.
The ABC’s defence to Christian Porter’s defamation claim was filed in the Federal Court on Tuesday night,but has yet to be released publicly.
Christian Porter and the ABC are at loggerheads over the public release of the broadcaster’s written defence to his defamation claim.
Ita Buttrose says the ABC board is constantly at risk of not making quorum for its meetings while the government leaves three vacancies unfilled.
Media organisations are still trying to work out the best way to behave on social media. And they don’t always get it right.
The NSW Police Deputy Commissioner denied a travel request from sex crimes detectives to obtain a formal statement from Christian Porter’s accuser in Adelaide.