ABC’s legal bill for Christian Porter defamation case revealed

June 7, 2021 2:22

The ABC’s managing director David Anderson has advised a Senate Estimates Committee that the legal costs to date to defend defamation claims by former Attorney General Christian Porter, have totalled close to $800,000.

Anderson advised the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee that the ABC has accrued to date $680,000 in legal costs, in addition to $100,000 on mediation and related costs paid to Porter’s legal advisers.

There was also a split costs between the two parties of $31,000 for the mediator and mediation venue.

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Olivia Kruimel

Olivia Kruimel was the managing editor at Mumbrella. She has more than 15 years of experience in journalism, communications and marketing. Her journalism career began at Fairfax Media (now part of Nine) and includes various B2B publications such as B&T, Travel Today and ALB. As a marketer Olivia has worked for Standard Chartered and various global law firms.