Christian Porter says no superior public interest in airing ABC’s defamation defence

ABC 2021-07-09 7:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne | Sydney

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Media companies seeking access to the ABC’s unredacted defence in a now-settled defamation case brought by Christian Porter told a judge the principle of open justice required that the pleading be made public, while the former attorney-general argued there was no “superior” public interest in airing the document.

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