以下为司法部长的律师发表的声明：<br />
今天司法部长克里斯蒂安.波特议员向澳洲联邦法院对全国广播公司澳广以及记者Louise Milligan发起了诽谤诉讼。
他起诉的这篇文章对他和一个他少年时期认识的人的关系做了虚假指称。
尽管他的名字并没有被提到，文章的指称是针对一名高级内阁部长，对很多澳洲人而言很容易就识别出司法部长就是被指称的对象。
在过去几周，媒体无视疑罪从无假设或证据的规则，也没有适当披露支持虚假指称的材料，而对司法部长进行了审判。澳广和Milligan女士提出的指称会在一个程序公正的程序中在法院得到裁决。波特有证据并将宣誓否认这些虚假指称。
澳广和Milligan发布的这些指称破坏了司法部长的名誉。法庭过程将允许他们递交他们认为损害波特名誉有理的证据。
如果澳广和 Milligan 想要辩论这些指称的真实性，他们可以在法庭程序中这么做。根据诽谤法，澳广和Milligan可以以事实辩护并以较低的民事标准证明指称。
现在问题已经在法院手中，司法部长不会做进一步评论。
Here is the statement from Christian Porter’s lawyers:
Today the Attorney-General the Hon Christian Porter MP commenced proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against the national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and journalist, Louise Milligan, for defamation.
The article that he sues on made false allegations against him in relation to a person who he met when he was a teenager.
Although he was not named, the article made allegations against a Senior Cabinet Minister and the Attorney-General was easily identifiable to many Australians as the subject of the allegations.
Over the last few weeks, the Attorney-General 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 trial by media should now end with the commencement of these proceedings. The claims made by the ABC and Ms Milligan will be determined in a Court in a procedurally fair process. Mr Porter will have and will exercise the opportunity to give evidence denying these false allegations on oath.
The ABC and Ms Milligan having published these allegations have damaged the reputation of the Attorney-General. This Court process will allow them to present any relevant evidence and make any submissions they believe justifies their conduct in damaging Mr Porter’s reputation.
If the ABC and Ms Milligan wish to argue the truth of the allegations, they can do so in these proceedings. Under the Defamation Act it is open for the ABC and Ms Milligan to plead truth in their defence to this action and prove the allegations to the lower civil standard.
Now that this matter is in the hands of the Court, the Attorney-General will not be making any further comment.
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