Mark McGowan must travel to Sydney for defamation case brought by Clive Palmer

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West Australian premier wanted to give evidence remotely but instead will attend delayed trial in NSW and then quarantine for two weeks

WA premier Mark McGowan will travel to Sydney to give evidence in the defamation action brought by mining magnate Clive Palmer.WA premier Mark McGowan will travel to Sydney to give evidence in the defamation action brought by mining magnate Clive Palmer.

The judge had earlier described video-link hearings as “suboptimal” and stressed his “firm preference” for litigants, particularly the parties in defamation cases, to give evidence in person. “I want to go back to having trials in the usual way,” he said. He legally could be permitted to attend official duties while isolating but any person he had direct contact with would also have to quarantine for 14 days, he said in an affidavit.

 

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