"Dr Kate Ahmad and Dr Anita Hutchison shared an update on call for an inquiry into the rape allegation against Attorney-General Christian Porter and women’s safety in Parliament House

Tanya Plibersek and Larissa Waters will accept petition which has over 80,000 signatures.

Hi all. On Monday at the Canberra March4Justice, our petition will be received by the Hon Tanya Plibersek MP and Senator Larissa Waters. We are thrilled that such inspiring and powerful women are taking notice and supporting our cause."

80,000 people who have no knowledge of the facts of the case that happened between two teenagers 33 years ago, and the police have not laid charges. This is a political campaign, not a justice court

Bazz,

I think that is only possible for public defenders. Lawyers like most consultants can refuse to work for anyone for any reason including if they cannot pay. However, withdrawing from a client in a manner that affects their case is more difficult. One of the basic ethics of the law is the assumption that everyone deserves representation however heinous their crime.

The senior lawyer in question was already employed by Porter for other work and was not just taking him on. If in any other company a CEO had treated a senior employee the way this virtue signalling hussy did the chances of them staying on would be slight.

The Attorney-General Christian Porter has commenced defamation proceedings in the Federal Court against the ABC and journalist Louise Milligan.

He is suing over an article the ABC published on Friday, February 26, which he says made false allegations against him in relation to a person he met when he was a teenager.

In the last few weeks Porter “has been subjected to trial by media without regard to the presumption of innocence or the rules of evidence and without any proper disclosure of the material said to support the untrue allegations.

“The claims made by the ABC and Ms Milligan will be determined in Court in a procedurally fair process.”

“This Court process will allow them to present any relevant evidence and make submissions they believe justifies their conduct in damaging Mr Porter’s reputation.”

Porter’s lawyers include two leading barristers, Sue Chrysanthou SC, and Bret Walker SC, who appeared for Geoffrey Rush when he successfully sued the Daily Telegraph for defamation. Walker also acted for Cardinal George Pell, whose child sex abuse convictions were overturned in an appeal before the High Court.

Josephus,

I think that the best thing is for Porter to take the police polygraph test to show that whatever the ABC said is false.

Mr Opinion,
Polygraph tests are not reliable, memory tests after 33 years.

Mr Odious & Josephus,

Christian Porter has decisively turned the tables on the ABC. The ABC's malicious campaign has been designed to inflict the maximum damage, so now the ABC and LM in order to avoid multi $m damages will have to prove that Porter committed the rape. If they lose, Porter is essentially exonerated and a multimillionaire.

The ABC will have to fire some of their reporters such as LM to cover the payout.