Former attorney general Christian Porter has discontinued his defamation action against the national broadcaster and journalist Louise Milligan.
According to the ABC, all parties have agreed not to pursue the matter, with an understanding that no damages will be paid.
“The ABC stands by Louise Milligan, one of Australia’s foremost and most awarded investigative journalists, and all our journalists in their independent and brave reporting on matters about which Australians have a right to be informed,” the broadcaster said in a statement.
Milligan posted a link to the statement on Twitter.
“Christian Porter has discontinued his case. The ABC will pay him no damages. I stand by my journalism & proud to work @4corners & grateful to the ABC & our brilliant legal team for supporting public interest journalism. Thanks, everyone, for your support,” Milligan wrote.
More to come.
