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Former Citigroup boss escapes ANZ cartel case as prosecutors slash charges
Competition & Consumer Protection 2021-08-17 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Prosecutors have withdrawn two-thirds of the charges in a criminal cartel case over a $2.5 billion ANZ share placement and have dropped their case against former Citigroup CEO Stephen Roberts, according to a lawyer in the case.

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Christian Porter wants to block media from using secret parts of ABC defence
Article 2021-08-13 9:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

Liberal MP Christian Porter has asked a court to ensure Nine and News Corp. do not use secret portions of ABC’s defence to his defamation allegations, which the media giants accessed as intervenors in the former federal Attorney-General’s case.

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ABC journalist settles defamation case by Liberal MP Andrew Laming for $79,000
Defamation 2021-08-11 12:05 pm By Bianca Hrovat

ABC reporter Louise Milligan has agreed to pay $79,000 to settle a defamation case by Liberal party MP Andrew Laming over what he called spiteful and accusatory tweets, but the agreement does not include an admission of liability, a court heard on Wednesday.

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‘Overworked’ reporter hit with $18,000 pay cut sues the ABC
Employment 2021-08-02 1:38 pm By Miklos Bolza

An ABC feature reporter who was hit with an $18,000 pay cut and who allegedly developed a medical condition from being “overworked” is suing the national broadcaster for discrimination and breaches of employment law.

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Christian Porter wins bid to keep secret ABC’s full defence in defamation case
Defamation 2021-07-30 10:20 am By Miklos Bolza

Former Attorney-General Christian Porter has succeeded in scrubbing from the court record the ABC’s full defence in his now-settled defamation suit against the broadcaster, over the protests of media outlets, with a judge finding the principle of open justice was “not absolute”.

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Silk Sue Chrysanthou says costs in dispute over Porter brief ‘substantial’
Defamation 2021-07-20 2:00 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Noting that the legal costs of a dispute over whether she could represent federal minister Christian Porter in his defamation case were “substantial”, Sue Chrysanthou SC has asked to see invoices before she agrees to a lump sum bill of $550,000.

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Christian Porter says no superior public interest in airing ABCā€™s defamation defence
Defamation 2021-07-09 7:15 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Media companies seeking access to the ABCā€™s unredacted defence in a now-settled defamation case brought by Christian Porter told a judge the principle of open justice required that the pleading be made public, while the former attorney-general argued there was no ā€œsuperiorā€ public interest in airing the document.

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Liberal politician Andrew Laming sues ABC journo Louise Milligan over tweets
Defamation 2021-06-28 6:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Liberal party politician Andrew Laming has hit ABC Four Corners journalist Louise Milligan with a defamation lawsuit over allegedly ā€œsensational, accusatory and spitefulā€ tweets intended to ā€œirrevocably damageā€ his reputation.

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Judge slams ABC for ‘inadvisible’ redactions in court battle over The Checkout
Media 2021-06-22 2:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has criticised the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for ā€œill advisedā€ redactions in documents produced in a dispute between the producers of the consumer affairs television series The Checkout.

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Christian Porter, Sue Chrysanthou hit with costs in Jo Dyer lawsuit
Defamation 2021-06-11 10:31 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Christian Porter and silk Sue Chrysanthou have been ordered to foot the legal bill of a friend of the woman who accused Porter of rape, after she succeeded in having the barrister removed fromĀ  defamation proceedings the former attorney-general brought against the ABC.

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