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David
I dare you to try
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stui magpie wrote: | They are paying costs |
No they’re not. That’s been made pretty clear. Paying for the mediation but no other legal costs for Porter, plus there’s no settlement. Important to get this stuff right because it makes a big difference. _________________ All watched over by machines of loving grace |
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Pies4shaw
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That's correct. They're just paying the costs of the mediation last Friday. Those will be, in legal terms, trivial. By implication, the parties are bearing their own costs of the legal proceedings.
I'm not going to get into a back and forth about this, at all, but plainly, in technical legal parlance, he has been "pantsed".
Pulling back from the legal niceties, he has managed to achieve by his press conference back then and ill-conceived, now aborted litigation something akin to a guarantee that people will always talk about him henceforth in connection with - or referencing - these allegations. |
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watt price tully
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It still stands: Christian Porter is still reasonably suspected of rape. Public interest journalism still stands. Christian Porter drops defamation case (like a hot potato)
https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/ChristianPorter?src=hashtag_click
Wendy Bacon on the money as always. He still loses big time. _________________ “I even went as far as becoming a Southern Baptist until I realised they didn’t keep ‘em under long enough” Kinky Friedman |
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Tannin
Can't remember
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The ABC has been forced to clarify matters following Porter's lies.
It has reaffirmed that it did not regret the article, and it “stands by the importance of the article”, which “remains online without any amendments”. The ABC added that the article was not sensationalist, it was "an accurate and factual report on a letter that had been sent to the prime minister and two other senior politicians." The ABC remains absolutely committed to the public release of 27 pages worth of defence evidence presented to the court and currently kept secret.
(We can usefully take note here that the collapse of Porter's lawsuit immediately followed the presentation of the defence case - the very evidence Porter now wants to be kept secret. Draw your own conclusion.) _________________ �Let's eat Grandma.� Commas save lives! |
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watt price tully
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Porter came across as quite desperate in his post mediation press conference. One of the reasons why is that he was desperate to get onto the front foot was to deflect from the ABC absolute rejection his earlier offer of a settlement where the ABC admit wrongdoing.
To be clear for the few numbskulls around: The ABC did not apologise and stand by their journalist for public interest journalism. When Porter lost the pre court wranglings trying to prevent the ABC using all of its information ( he was trying to prevent a disclosure of sorts) and when one of his high profile barristers was found to have a conflict of interests and wasn’t able to represent him and with the ensuing political consequences before a possible election he chose to withdraw and put up the white flag hoping that a few far right nutter mates on the right wing media will be enough to get him through. In short he lost (big time)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/02/abc-rejected-christian-porter-offer-to-settle-defamation-court-case _________________ “I even went as far as becoming a Southern Baptist until I realised they didn’t keep ‘em under long enough” Kinky Friedman |
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Pies4shaw
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watt price tully
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CarringbushCigar
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'After Porter relinquished the attorney general’s portfolio, he was appointed minister for industry and science.'
Sickening. |
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Pies4shaw
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ronrat
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Surely that is rape which is a far more serious felony. _________________ Annoying opposition supporters since 1967. |
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