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Advertisement The Federal Court has ordered that secret parts of the ABC’s written defence to a defamation suit brought against it by cabinet minister Christian Porter should be scrubbed from its public records, effectively preventing the document from being accessed by the public. Federal Liberal MP Christian Porter. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen As part of a settlement deed, the ABC and Mr Porter agreed to seek a court order that 27 pages of the ABC’s 37-page defence to his claim “be permanently removed from the court file”. The pages are redacted in the publicly available version of the...

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 th...

01:35 EDT, 9 July 2021 Christian Porter is fighting to keep secret a 27-page defamation defence document filed by the ABC in their court case, which settled in May Christian Porter would be getting 'special treatment' if a judge went along with his plan to keep a 27 page ABC defamation defence document secret, a court has heard.  Media organisations fought the senior Morrison Government minister over the fate of heavily redacted paperwork tendered by the ABC in their legal fight in court on Friday. The former attorney-general wants the ABC document to be 'permanently removed' from the Fed...

Presumption of innocence does not mean guilt-free, leading silk says Presumption of innocence does not mean guilt-free, leading silk says 16 June 2021 • By Naomi Neilson Share One of Australia’s leading barristers who has represented some major high-profile clients has cautioned lawyers to be “much more careful” when politically and socially discussing the meaning of the presumption of innocence and to avoid promoting the message that it means clients are guilt-free. As commentary about the rule of law continues to be circulated in political and public groups, leading silk Bret Walke...

The defamation case has been dropped but the media is still reeling from the spin following Christian Porter’s announcement on Monday.