Federal Court set to hand down final ruling on Porter suppression orders Federal Court set to hand down final ruling on Porter suppression orders 09 July 2021 • By Naomi Neilson Share Major media organisations have argued it would be “exceptional” if the Federal Court ruled in favour of Christian Porter’s argument that three redacted sections from the ABC’s defence and his reply should not be made publicly available and that, if the court did so, it would go against the overarching principles of open justice. Representing Nine and News Corporation, barrister Dauid Sibtain said there is no good reason to remove material from a court file that would “ordinarily be understood to be publicly available to members of the public” under overarching principles of open justice, particularly if the material is not argued to be scandalous or an abuse of power.