西澳房地产开发商格雷格·波兰德因两篇基于2019年秘密录音的报道对前记者提起诽谤诉讼1。该录音录于苏比亚科一家酒店，波兰德在其中声称向政界人士提供建议，并指责时任渔业部长戴夫·凯利在龙虾配额改革上"搞砸了"他的建议1。
凯利在法庭上对波兰德的指控予以否认，表示"这完全不真实"，并阐明龙虾配额政策是在一年前与多人共同推进的，并于2018年12月宣布1。前地方发展部长阿拉娜·麦克蒂尔南也出庭作证，否认曾与波兰德讨论过"有毒土壤"处理问题1。麦克蒂尔南表示，她曾建议波兰德辞职以避免媒体困扰1。
Two Western Australian government ministers have appeared in court to contest allegations made by Perth property developer Greg Poland in a defamation lawsuit over articles based on a secret 2019 recording.1
The dispute centers on a confidential meeting at a Subiaco hotel where Poland claimed to have advised government officials on policy matters.1 In the recording, Poland alleged that then-Fisheries Minister Dave Kelly had mishandled a lobster quota reform that Poland had proposed.1 Kelly rejected the accusation under oath, stating "this is completely untrue" and explaining that the policy had been developed collaboratively with multiple parties a year earlier and publicly announced in December 2018.1
Former Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan also testified in the case, denying Poland's claims that they had discussed the handling of contaminated soil issues.1 MacTiernan recounted that she had advised Poland to resign to avoid media complications.1 Poland is seeking damages over two newspaper reports that drew from the secretly recorded conversation.1
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