Published: March 15, 2021
Politicians have long used defamation law to protect their personal reputations and as a strategic tool in shaping political communication
The attorney general Christian Porter has launched defamation proceedings against the ABC and Four Corners journalist Louise Milligan – which means that the first legal officer is suing the national public broadcaster, using a cause of action that he has said is in need of reform.
The federal court has made the pleadings available in this public interest case, and the statement of claim was filed on the same day that Australians gathered across the country for the women’s March 4 Justice to call for gender justice at all levels of our society.
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