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Minister for Industry Christian Porter speaks to the media outside the Federal Court of NSW in Sydney, Australia, on May 31, 2021. AAP Image/Dean Lewins
Christian Porter has resigned as Australia’s federal minister for industry because he had failed to disclose where money to pay for a court case came from.
Porter said he made the decision to avoid the possibility of any perceived “conflict of interest” for the government.