‘No regrets’:Christian Porter to quit Parliament at next election

‘No regrets’:Christian Porter to quit Parliament at next election

Once considered a potential prime minister,former attorney-general Christian Porter will quit politics at the next federal election. Greg Hunt is tipped to join him.

  • byRob Harris,Rachel Clun andHamish Hastie

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Leak of parliamentary report into Christian Porter’s hidden donors to be investigated

Leak of parliamentary report into Christian Porter’s hidden donors to be investigated

Parliament’s privileges committee cleared Mr Porter over his register of members interests,but vowed to investigate how The Guardian had details of the report before it was released.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Porter denies reports of imminent retirement from politics

Porter denies reports of imminent retirement from politics

Former federal Liberal minister Christian Porter says reports he intends to announce his retirement from Parliament and move from Perth to Sydney are incorrect.

  • byKatina Curtis
ABC boss defends decision to pay Louise Milligan’s $200,000 defamation costs

ABC boss defends decision to pay Louise Milligan’s $200,000 defamation costs

David Anderson told a Senate hearing the ABC agreed to pay journalist Louise Milligan’s legal costs when she was sued by Andrew Laming because it feared costs blowing out to $700,000.

  • byLisa Visentin
A blind trust? Certainly,the government is keeping voters blind as to Porter’s secret donors

A blind trust? Certainly,the government is keeping voters blind as to Porter’s secret donors

Trust in government,meanwhile,is taking a battering - and Christian Porter’s Liberal colleagues know it.

  • byJacqueline Maley
‘Gaming the system’:Coalition MPs tired of defending Porter’s anonymous donors

‘Gaming the system’:Coalition MPs tired of defending Porter’s anonymous donors

The privileges committee is considering rules around anonymous donors after MPs asked it to examine Christian Porter’s use of a trust to fund legal fees.

  • byKatina Curtis
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Porter escapes committee examination of whether blind trust broke Parliament’s rules

Porter escapes committee examination of whether blind trust broke Parliament’s rules

The federal government voted against Speaker Tony Smith’s recommendation that a committee examine Christian Porter’s use of a blind trust to pay legal fees.

  • byKatina Curtis
Porter pursuing appeal over settled defamation case on ‘a matter of principle’

Porter pursuing appeal over settled defamation case on ‘a matter of principle’

Christian Porter will appeal against a decision that prevented his barrister from acting for him in his defamation case against the ABC,even though that case was settled.

  • byJenny Noyes
How to lose friends and infuriate people

How to lose friends and infuriate people

Scott Morrison had two opportunities to show leadership and political smarts this week. He torpedoed them both.

  • byNiki Savva
Silly point:Joyce defence of Porter ridicules parliamentary rules
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Silly point:Joyce defence of Porter ridicules parliamentary rules

Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce’s dismissal of Christian Porter’s behaviour as “a bad day at the wicket” dilutes the seriousness of his actions.

Labor to push for privileges committee to investigate Porter donations

Labor to push for privileges committee to investigate Porter donations

But the rules governing the MPs register of interests are unclear about whether the source of gifts must be declared.

  • byLisa Visentin