Two prominent journalists have received legal letters from energy minister Angus Taylor.
Government minister Angus Taylor has threatened journalists with legal action for allegedly sharing a Twitter thread that he says was"grossly and indefensibly" defamatory of him.
"The thread contained with the tweet clearly conveys the defamatory imputation that our client has acted corruptly. That imputation has absolutely no basis in fact, and your publication of it is indefensible," the letter reads.Kingston initially told BuzzFeed News she had a"strong belief" she had never retweeted or shared the thread.
"I'm very concerned about this and I have decided to disable my Tweeted Times," Kingston said."I have a very firm policy of not tweeting material that is unethical or with serious legal risk." "Some stranger sends you a threatening email out of the blue, I thought, I'm going to post it," she said.Kingston told BuzzFeed News she was not aware of anybody who had received a letter other than herself and West. Taylor's office did not respond directly to a question on how many letters were sent out.West, who retweeted the thread and added a comment of his own, confirmed to BuzzFeed News that he had received the letter.
It contained accusations, strongly denied by Taylor, relating to alleged corrupt activity in a government water buyback deal with Eastern Australia Agriculture and its parent company Eastern Australia Irrigation.Eastern Australia Irrigation prior to entering parliament in 2013.
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