Labor rejects Peter Dutton’s bid for taxpayers to fund politicians’ defamation cases

Dutton says public funding a workplace entitlement' amid continuing debate over identities of Christian Porter's anonymous donors

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Labor has shot down a proposal from Peter Dutton that could have resulted in taxpayers footing the bill for MPs' defamation cases because it could be considered a workplace entitlement".

On Friday the manager of opposition business, Tony Burke, rejected the idea that Dutton, as the leader of the house, raised during debate about whether to investigate Liberal MP Christian Porter over his declaration that a trust with confidential donors paid part of his legal fees.