NSW Deputy Police chief denied investigators' request to travel to interview Christian Porter's accuser in SA updated 34 AprApril 2021 at 7:45pm NSW Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson declined to approve the trip during the March 2020 COVID restrictions. ( Print text only Cancel NSW detectives investigating the historical rape allegation against former attorney-general Christian Porter were denied permission to travel to South Australia to interview the complainant by the state's police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson. Key points: The NSW Deputy Police chief denied the investigators' request to travel to interview Christian Porter's accuser in SA The application for travel was denied over "insufficient detail" to justify why the trip could not be deferred during COVID-19 restrictions