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Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann alleged rape indictments presented to court
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann alleged rape indictments presented to court

ABC  

Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has had an indictment, alleging two counts of rape, presented to a court west of Brisbane. In the Toowoomba Magistrates Court in July, Mr Lehrmann was committed to stand trial after a committal hearing at which the complainant testified in a closed court. Earlier committal hearing During the committal hearing earlier this year, the …

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Brittany Higgins shows off blossoming baby bump as she awaits verdict in defamation trial
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Brittany Higgins shows off blossoming baby bump as she awaits verdict in defamation trial

Daily Mail  

Brittany Higgins has shown off her growing baby bump for the first time and revealed that she's having a baby boy. Brittany Higgins has showed off her baby bump in a picture to social media as she and her husband await a decision on a recent defamation trial She admitted it had been an 'acutely stressful' pregnancy while revealing she's …

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Brittany Higgins breaks her silence on the Bruce Lehrmann book controversy with blunt four-word response
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Brittany Higgins breaks her silence on the Bruce Lehrmann book controversy with blunt four-word response

Daily Mail  

Brittany Higgins has taken to social media to deliver a stinging response about a new book on the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial. Justice Michael Lee, who presided over the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, has said he had no involvement in the project. Brittany Higgins has taken to social media to deliver a stinging response about a new book on the …

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Bruce Lehrmann was living a life of luxury at Seven's expense, with 'bags of cocaine, sex workers and lavish dinners at top restaurants'... but he's been claiming CENTRELINK ever since he was branded
4 months ago

Bruce Lehrmann was living a life of luxury at Seven's expense, with 'bags of cocaine, sex workers and lavish dinners at top restaurants'... but he's been claiming CENTRELINK ever since he was branded

Daily Mail  

Bruce Lehrmann has been collecting $1300 a month in Centrelink benefits since he was publicly accused of rape, and while Channel Seven continued to fund his lavish lifestyle. Former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach told the Federal Court the network paid thousands for Lehrmann's use of sex workers, massages, cocaine, and expensive dinners in a bid to entice him to do …

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What we've learnt from WA Senator Linda Reynolds's defamation action against Brittany Higgins
4 months, 2 weeks ago

What we've learnt from WA Senator Linda Reynolds's defamation action against Brittany Higgins

ABC  

The blockbuster defamation action launched by Senator Linda Reynolds against her former staffer Brittany Higgins has now finished hearing evidence after three weeks of twists and turns. And her lawyer Ms Young has argued whatever damage Senator Reynolds says she suffered in 2021 "can have nothing to do with" Ms Higgins's posts made two years later, in 2023. Who harassed …

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Brittany Higgins' husband David Sharaz could have avoided facing financial ruin in a few simple steps. Now he is looking at a mammoth payout...
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Brittany Higgins' husband David Sharaz could have avoided facing financial ruin in a few simple steps. Now he is looking at a mammoth payout...

Daily Mail  

Brittany Higgins' husband David Sharaz could have avoided facing financial ruin if he apologised to Linda Reynolds over two tweets and agreed to three other demands, legal documents show. Lawyers acting for Liberal senator Linda Reynolds sent Mr Sharaz a concerns notice - which is the first step in a defamation claim - on January 6, 2023, over two social …

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Liberal senator Linda Reynolds was 'rolled up in a ball' over Brittany Higgins allegations, court told
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Liberal senator Linda Reynolds was 'rolled up in a ball' over Brittany Higgins allegations, court told

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Senator Linda Reynolds consistently received "dirty looks", stopped going out in public and feared her career was over after being accused of failing to support an alleged rape victim, her best friend has told a WA court. Ms Wawn described Senator Reynolds as in a "high state of distress" and the worst she had seen her since being discharged from …

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The Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins case offers a personal glimpse into the emotional toll of politics
5 months ago

The Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins case offers a personal glimpse into the emotional toll of politics

ABC  

Politics is a dirty game. First two days set tone for Reynolds, Higgins defamation trial Photo shows A composite image of close-up shots of Senator Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins side by side. Linda Reynolds denies diminishing Brittany Higgins' alleged rape complaint in defamation trial Photo shows Woman with fair hair and man with grey hair stand together in formal …

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The $1,000 jacket at the heart of Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins' fractured relationship: Senator is pictured in Carla Zampatti coat... before staffer took it from her office and never gave it ba
5 months ago

The $1,000 jacket at the heart of Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins' fractured relationship: Senator is pictured in Carla Zampatti coat... before staffer took it from her office and never gave it ba

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Linda Reynolds has vented her fury over how Brittany Higgins took a black and white Carla Zampatti jacket - worth about $1,000 - from her office the morning after her rape, and never returned it. Linda Reynolds is pictured wearing her Carla Zampatti jacket in 2017, two years before Brittany Higgins swiped it Brittany Higgins is pictured leaving Parliament House …

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Linda Reynolds's defamation action against Brittany Higgins 're-traumatising', trial told
5 months ago

Linda Reynolds's defamation action against Brittany Higgins 're-traumatising', trial told

ABC  

Senator Linda Reynolds's defamation case against her former staffer Brittany Higgins, and her lawyer's claim that the younger woman had sought a "villain" for her "fairytale" story were "harassing and re-traumatising", the WA Supreme court has heard. She said by April 1 Senator Reynolds had a "mountain of evidence" to show that a sexual assault had taken place, even though …

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What we learned from the first day of Linda Reynolds' defamation trial against Brittany Higgins
5 months, 1 week ago

What we learned from the first day of Linda Reynolds' defamation trial against Brittany Higgins

ABC  

Brittany Higgins and her partner David Sharaz painted Senator Linda Reynolds as the "villain" in their story of "a rape and a fictional cover-up", the WA Supreme Court has been told. "Every fairytale needs a villain" and Ms Higgins cast WA Senator Linda Reynolds in that role, her defence lawyer Martin Bennett told the court in his opening address on …

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Defamation action launched by WA Senator Linda Reynolds against Brittany Higgins, David Sharaz to start in Perth
5 months, 1 week ago

Defamation action launched by WA Senator Linda Reynolds against Brittany Higgins, David Sharaz to start in Perth

ABC  

There can't be many Australians unaware of former political staffer Brittany Higgins's claim she was raped by her colleague Bruce Lehrmann in the Parliament House office of their boss, Senator Linda Reynolds. Senator Reynolds took offence at a series of social media posts by Ms Higgins and Mr Sharaz published in 2022 and 2023 critical of the way the rape …

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The year Channel Seven signed its own death warrant: How scandals and sackings have brought the network to its knees - and why there's very little chance of it ever recovering
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The year Channel Seven signed its own death warrant: How scandals and sackings have brought the network to its knees - and why there's very little chance of it ever recovering

Daily Mail  

Seven has also missed the boat on streaming platforms To say Channel Seven has had a controversy-filled year so far is an understatement. Lehrmann legacy Channel Seven's tumultuous year kicked off in April with shocks reverberating from the infamous Bruce Lehrmann interview on the Spotlight program. 'I repeat that any suggestion that I was aware of, condoned or arranged payments …

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WA Senator Linda Reynolds wins legal bid to gain access to details of Brittany Higgins's protective trust
5 months, 3 weeks ago

WA Senator Linda Reynolds wins legal bid to gain access to details of Brittany Higgins's protective trust

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Senator Linda Reynolds has won the right to access details of a protective trust into which her former staffer Brittany Higgins put her $2.4 million compensation settlement with the Commonwealth, potentially allowing the money to be used to settle defamation action. Today's ruling means Senator Reynolds can now apply for the trust to be overturned, making the money available to …

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Bruce Lehrmann's 'other' secret Channel Seven role is revealed
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bruce Lehrmann's 'other' secret Channel Seven role is revealed

Daily Mail  

Bruce Lehrmann was an unofficial advisor on as many as two episodes of Channel Seven's Spotlight program, while the TV network paid about $105,000 for his luxury rental home in Sydney. Former Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach then told a court last year the network paid thousands for Lehrmann's use of sex workers, Thai massages, cocaine, and dinners at expensive restaurants …

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Seven bosses admit astonishing change is coming to its evening news
6 months ago

Seven bosses admit astonishing change is coming to its evening news

Daily Mail  

Channel Seven has confirmed a controversial change to its TV news bulletins - that they will feature an astrology report from 'Astro Tash' - amid division at the network over a radical shake-up as the axe falls on 150 jobs at the channel. New Seven Network news boss Anthony De Ceglie, pictured with former WA premier Mark McGowan in 2022, …

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Cost of Bruce Lehrmann's failed defamation case set at $2 million after court accepts lump sum nominated by Network Ten
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Cost of Bruce Lehrmann's failed defamation case set at $2 million after court accepts lump sum nominated by Network Ten

ABC  

In short: The Federal Court has ordered Bruce Lehrmann to pay $2 million to Network Ten over his failed defamation case. The Federal Court has ordered Bruce Lehrmann to pay $2 million to Network Ten over his failed defamation case. The cost of former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann's failed defamation case has been set at $2 million after the Federal …

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Australia's media industry is no meritocracy. Instead, the shamelessness of mediocre men is rewarded with untold power
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Australia's media industry is no meritocracy. Instead, the shamelessness of mediocre men is rewarded with untold power

ABC  

Last week in Sydney, I attended a conference on volunteering and gave a speech. Australia's media landscape is rife with powerful men willing to turn a blind eye The horrible truth is that in the Australian legacy media landscape, there are too many stories of senior men who forgive themselves their own lapses of judgement, or forgive each other's because …

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Robert Ovadia: Senior Channel Seven journalist is stood down over allegations of inappropriate behaviour with a woman
7 months ago

Robert Ovadia: Senior Channel Seven journalist is stood down over allegations of inappropriate behaviour with a woman

Daily Mail  

Allegation of inappropriate behaviour is being investigated Senior Channel Seven journalist Robart Ovadia has been stood down while an allegation of inappropriate behaviour by him towards a woman is investigated. Seven is conducting an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour by Robert Ovadia,' the spokesperson said. Senior Channel Seven journalist Robart Ovadia has been stood down while an allegation of …

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Why Lisa Wilkinson's eye-watering legal bill could backfire on her - as court reveals how she ran up $1.8m in fees fighting Bruce Lehrmann in court
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Lisa Wilkinson's eye-watering legal bill could backfire on her - as court reveals how she ran up $1.8m in fees fighting Bruce Lehrmann in court

Daily Mail  

Lawyers billed her for every email and phone call Lisa Wilkinson's $1.8million itemised legal bill has been laid bare in a series of eye-watering invoices from her lawyers. Wilkinson opted out of using Ten's lawyers due to a relationship breakdown with her employer that left her feeling as though the network did not care enough about her reputation to represent …

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Bruce Lehrmann's landlord hands him huge bill after he partied hard before judge branded him a rapist
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Bruce Lehrmann's landlord hands him huge bill after he partied hard before judge branded him a rapist

Daily Mail  

Bruce Lehrmann's former landlord is trying to lump him with an enormous bill over the 'extensive damage' he allegedly caused to her multimillion-dollar Sydney property, claiming she was unable to re-lease it when he left. Lady Meakes told the tribunal she wasn't able to rent the home after Lehrmann left due to the 'cleaning that had to be done', but …

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Brittany Higgins to marry David Sharaz in June
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Brittany Higgins to marry David Sharaz in June

Daily Mail  

Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz will get married in June Brittany Higgins' lawyers have revealed she will marry her fiancé David Sharaz in early June. The wedding date was revealed on Thursday when legal teams for Ms Higgins returned to WA Supreme Court amid Senator Linda Reynolds' defamation action against her. Ms Reynolds' defamation case centres on social media posts …

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Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins mediation talks unsuccessful - with defamation case set to go to trial
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins mediation talks unsuccessful - with defamation case set to go to trial

Daily Mail  

A pair of high-profile defamation cases pitting Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds against her former political staffer Brittany Higgins and her fiance are likely to head to trial after mediation talks were unsuccessful. David Sharaz is pictured with Brittany Higgins outside the WA Supreme Court in March Linda Reynolds is pictured with her lawyer Martin Bennett outside the court in March …

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Linda Reynolds says she's been the victim of 'vile trolling' over Brittany Higgins case as defamation trial looms
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Linda Reynolds says she's been the victim of 'vile trolling' over Brittany Higgins case as defamation trial looms

ABC  

In short: Senator Linda Reynolds says she's been vilified and trolled over accusations she was involved in a cover-up surrounding Brittany Higgins' rape at Parliament House. Senator Linda Reynolds says she's been vilified and trolled over accusations she was involved in a cover-up surrounding Brittany Higgins' rape at Parliament House. On her way into Tuesday's hearing in Perth, Senator Reynolds …

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