Christian Porter applies to strike out part of ABC's defence in defamation case
ABCLawyers for former Attorney-General Christian Porter have applied to keep the ABC's defence against his defamation case confidential, pending a hearing into whether parts of the defence should be struck out. Defence documents not yet made public Under Federal Court rules, Mr Porter can ask the court to strike out parts of the ABC's defence on a number of grounds, including that it contains scandalous, frivolous or vexatious material, is evasive or ambiguous, or is likely to cause prejudice or embarrassment. The ABC filed its defence with the court on Tuesday, but it has not yet been made public, unlike the earlier court documents lodged by Mr Porter. On Thursday afternoon it became clear why the defence documents have not yet been published, after Mr Porter's lawyers applied to have some of the material omitted.
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