We’ve just read this SMH article profiling a lawyer who’ll be representing AG Porter in his defamation case against the ABC and others.
The language of the article is, we’d suggest, everything that is wrong about Australian society that it can’t yet admit to itself.
We get the usual struggle against adversity stuff, a story about being caught in the 2005 Tsunami ( yes that happened to a lot of people) and lots and lots of Sydney social climbing.
Honestly…
We get a John Coates quote and this sort of language….
She’s a star,” says John Coates, president of the Australian Olympic Committee. “She seems to be the go-to girl at the moment.” Coates first met Giles when she worked at global law firm Kennedys. Kennedys partner Patrick George and Giles acted for Coates successfully in defamation proceedings against radio shock jock Alan Jones. “It’s been no surprise to me that she’s gone out on her own and done well,” says Coates. “She’s clearly ambitious. She clearly has ability.”
Giles has cultivated a broad network across Australia, which was evident among the who’s who of 150 guests attending the party. There was restaurant and pub baron Justin Hemmes, Sarah Hanson-Young, Sydney Dance Company artistic director Rafael Bonachela, a handful of GWS Giants players and lobbyist Michael Photios. Former NSW premier Morris Iemma was also among the guests, as were some of the country’s eminent silks, including Bruce McClintock, and businessmen Tony Shepherd and Brian Schwartz, who’ve both worked on boards with Giles
And of course the inevitable Hillsong church connection…..
She grew up in Sydney’s Hills district, as part of a middle-class family, who attended the Hillsong Church
And yes she’s a true blue Aussie … etc etc
Shepherd says that when the Giants lost the preliminary final in 2016, Giles who by then was a fan of the code, sat in her car after the game and cried. “She’s got a good heart,” he says. Giles has also acted for Shepherd in defamation matters.
There’s more but that’s already enough for us
Read if you must. https://www.smh.com.au/national/they-re-dealing-with-steel-the-lawyer-defending-christian-porter-20210320-p57cgj.html
