Higgins in 'tug of war' between job and rape complaint Brittany Higgins felt she could not keep her parliamentary job and go to police with an allegation she was raped by Bruce Lehrmann, her counsellor has said. AAP · Dec 7, 2023
Bruce Lehrmann had ‘bad vibes’ and wasn’t someone former colleague wanted to spend time with, court hears Nikita Irvine also says Brittany Higgins seemed ‘sad’ and told her about alleged assault in Parliament House The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2023
Liberal senator sues ex-ACT prosecutor Shane Drumgold Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds has launched defamation action against the ACT government and former chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold over a letter. AAP · Dec 7, 2023
Afternoon Update: Bruce Lehrmann had ‘bad vibes’, court hears; Israel and Hamas fight house-to-house; and a fruit-and-veg guide for December An aide to Senator Linda Reynolds tells the federal court Bruce Lehrmann was not the ‘sort of person I would have socialised with’ The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2023
Lehrmann proceedings day 11 – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023
Final question time of the year – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023
Morning Mail: Lehrmann’s $450,000 payout, Hamas leader’s house ‘surrounded’, Taylor Swift speaks out Court documents reveal News Corp and ABC paid damages to former Liberal staffer; Israel says it is closing in on Hamas leadership The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023
Higgins 'very broken' after alleged parliamentary rape A close confidant of Brittany Higgins has told a court she was sobbing in his arms days after being allegedly raped by Bruce Lehrmann on a minister's couch. AAP · Dec 6, 2023
Colleague raised Bruce Lehrmann’s treatment of Brittany Higgins weeks before alleged rape, court hears Former Liberal staffer Nicky Hamer tells Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial she resigned from Linda Reynolds’ office over alleged behaviour The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023
News Corp agreed to pay Bruce Lehrmann $295,000 to settle defamation claim, court documents reveal Payment revealed after ABC agreed to pay him $150,000 and remove Facebook video of Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame speech at National Press Club The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023
Afternoon Update: former Liberal staffer gives evidence in Lehrmann defamation case; US to place visa bans on some Israeli settlers; and first summer heatwave Scientists warn many of the gravest threats to humanity are drawing closer as carbon pollution heats the planet The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023
Seven paying Bruce Lehrmann’s rent exposes the ethical slippery slope of Chequebook Land Exclusive rights to tabloid TV interviews are hammered out behind closed doors, leaving the public in the dark The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023
Higgins, Lehrmann 'quite touchy' before alleged rape Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins were touching each other and kissing passionately before her alleged rape on a senator's couch, a court has been told. AAP · Dec 6, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023 Lehrmann proceedings day 10 – as it happened This blog is now closed.
The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023 Morning Mail: surgery times spiral, daily letter deliveries to end, Gaza fighting ‘most intense yet’ New data shows elective surgery wait lists are highest ever recorded; Australia Post to annouce end of five-day-a-week letter delivery service as losses grow
The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023 Brittany Higgins volunteered to be defamation trial witness as she ‘would not let rapist become a millionaire’, court hears Higgins also tells court she had ‘no issue’ with a second criminal trial but it was ruled out by her medical condition
The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023 Channel Seven paid $4,000 a fortnight in rent for Bruce Lehrmann interview, documents reveal Document uploaded by the federal court suggests former Liberal staffer’s deal with the network may be worth $104,000
The Guardian - AU · Dec 5, 2023 Afternoon Update: Higgins challenged over account of alleged rape; EV sales up 50k in last year; and NYC woman dies in garbage chute Bruce Lehrmann’s barrister casts doubt over how drunk Brittany Higgins was on the night of the alleged rape at Parliament House
The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023 Lehrmann proceedings day nine – as it happened This blog is now closed.
AAP · Dec 4, 2023 Higgins denies attempt to 'blow up' rape retrial Brittany Higgins has rejected assertions a speech she gave after the jury was discharged in Bruce Lehrmann's criminal case was designed to derail a retrial.
The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2023 Walkley awards to review ‘chequebook journalism’ rules after Bruce Lehrmann rent payment revealed in court The journalism foundation board did not say it would withdraw Seven’s shortlisting for the 2023 scoop of the year award for Liam Bartlett’s interview with Lehrmann
The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2023 Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial: two lives in the balance over the rape allegations dividing Australia In a dramatic week in court, Lehrmann was cross-examined for the first time over the allegation he raped Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in Canberra, which he strenuously denies
The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2023 Brittany Higgins wore dress she was allegedly raped in to Liberal function weeks later to ‘reclaim it’, court hears Former Liberal staffer tells federal court defamation trial she initially thought she could ‘disassociate’ from the alleged rape
The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2023 Afternoon Update: Brittany Higgins cross-examination continues; Smithsonian returns Indigenous remains; and first LGBTQ+ couple legally weds in south Asia Higgins says she wore white pencil dress at Liberal party function after the alleged rape because she was ‘trying to reclaim it’