Christian Porter defamation action: ABC engages former solicitor general to lead defence
by Katharine Murphy and Paul Karp from World news | The Guardian on (#5FGDW)
Justin Gleeson QC was the solicitor general from 2012 to 2016 and served Labor and Liberal prime ministers
The ABC has secured the former solicitor general, Justin Gleeson SC, to lead the national broadcaster's defence to a high-stakes defamation action launched by the federal attorney general.
Christian Porter began defamation proceedings against the ABC and investigative journalist Louise Milligan in the federal court this week to counter false allegations against him in relation to a person who he met when he was a teenager".
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