Why defamation suits in Australia are so ubiquitous — and difficult to defend for media organisations
Brendan Clift explores the attorney-general’s defamation case against the ABC, recaps defamation laws, and explains the reforms we’re getting versus the reforms we need, in this crossposting from The Conversation.
Attorney-General Christian Porter is suing the ABC for defamation and claiming aggravated damages.
Porter is claiming that an article published last month included false allegations against him in relation to a historical rape. A statement from his lawyer says although Porter was not named, the article made allegations against a senior cabinet minister “and the attorney-general was easily identifiable to many Australians”.
Richard Wainwright/AAP
