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Asked about financing court case against ABC, minister says he will make disclosures ‘if and when the need arises’

The New South Wales police have dropped their investigation, citing a lack of admissible evidence because the complainant withdrew her complaint before her death in June 2020. Morrison has said he would welcome a South Australian coronial inquiry into the circumstances around her death, a move also backed by the former deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop. Geoffrey Watson, the director of the Centre for Public Integrity and a former counsel assisting the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption, told Guardian Australia it was “ridiculous” the prime minister had not sought legal advice ...

On Friday Morrison characterised calls for an independent inquiry as “the rule of the mob” and accused those calling to test the allegations against Porter of “undermining the principles of the rule of law”. Asked about the need for an inquiry, Morrison replied: “No, I don’t accept this proposition that any Australian should be subject to a rule of law that is different to anyone else. “There is the presumption of innocence. I believe in the presumption of innocence. “[The investigation], as the police have said, has concluded. “And given that proc...