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Christian Porter’s lawyers say in that statement, that the attorney general will be happy to answer questions under oath – which, if it came to it, would also mean he could be cross-examined. The relevant paragraph from his lawyer’s statement is here:
Over the last few weeks, the Attorney-General has been subjected to trial by media without regard to the presumption of innocence or the rules of evidence and without any proper disclosure of the material said to support the untrue allegations. The trial by media should now end with the commencement of these proceedings. The claims made by the ABC and Ms Milligan will be determined in a Court in a procedurally fair process. Mr Porter will have and will exercise the opportunity to give evidence denying these false allegations on oath.
Here is the statement from Christian Porter’s lawyers:
Today the Attorney-General the Hon Christian Porter MP commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against the national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and journalist, Louise Milligan, for defamation.
The article that he sues on made false allegations against him in relation to a person who he met when he was a teenager.
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