Noisy Nationals score a win over Attorney-General Christian Porter on court appeal
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A group of Nationals has won a fight to prevent the government appealing against a court judgment finding Labor’s 2011 suspension of live cattle exports to Indonesia was unlawful.
Attorney-General Christian Porter had favoured an appeal because of fears the decision could set a precedent limiting ministerial power.
But after a strong campaign...





