It's not deep tax payer pockets. It's called insurance.Insurance...

It's not deep tax payer pockets. It's called insurance.

Insurance will protect you against an allegation of defamation. Very few insurance policies can be procured to instigate a defamation proceeding against another person (sword type cover).

This wasn't an issue of cost. This was an issue of the ABC having material that would materially demonstrate the allegations against Porter are more likely true on the balance of probability.