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UNCOVERED: 5 - Caught on Camera

News Corp editors try to impress as Rebekah Brooks and Lachlan Murdoch land in Sydney

The editor-in-chief of the Australian rolls out questionable readership figures and plugs for its new true crime podcast. Plus: Seven news boss rallies the troops

The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2024

Walkley awards ban chequebook journalism after controversy over Seven’s Bruce Lehrmann interview

Spotlight’s scoop of the year nomination was revoked after court heard it paid former Liberal staffer’s rent to secure interview

The Guardian - AU · May 22, 2024

Nine’s AFR print edition to cease in WA after Seven’s press doubles production price

Seven says decision purely commercial but Financial Review editor accuses rival company of ‘abuse of market power’

The Guardian - AU · May 9, 2024

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Man wrongly identified as Bondi Junction killer on social media asks police to consider prosecutions

Lawyers for Ben Cohen provide police with evidence of social media users on X and other platforms falsely linking him to Bondi Junction stabbings

The Guardian - AU · May 8, 2024

Sydney man wrongly named as Bondi Junction stabbings murderer settles defamation claim with Seven

Seven withdraws false allegation against Benjamin Cohen and ‘apologises for the harm you and your family have suffered’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 26, 2024

Channel Seven seeks ‘people and culture manager’ amid Lehrmann fallout, but where is the head of news?

As other executives exit, Seven staff are asking why Craig McPherson has remained so quiet. Plus: Jamelle Wells entangles ABC in brumbies row

The Guardian - AU · Apr 19, 2024

Could Lehrmann face contempt of court action in the ACT? Who decides?

'Inescapable conclusion' Lehrmann gave Seven access to docs: judge.

The Canberra Times · Apr 17, 2024

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Sydney man Benjamin Cohen wrongly named as Bondi Junction killer by Channel Seven seeks damages

The university student has hired a defamation lawyer after the TV network incorrectly named him without confirmation from police

The Guardian - AU · Apr 17, 2024

Deliberate lies and a ‘vexing’ photograph: Justice Lee’s take on the key players of the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case

A federal court justice dismissed Lehrmann’s claim – but still had critical comments for Brittany Higgins and Lisa Wilkinson in his verdict

The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2024

Ten slammed as 'grossly improper' despite Lehrmann win

A judge has been scathing of Network Ten's shortcomings despite finding a report on The Project that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins was true.

AAP · Apr 15, 2024

Spotlight executive producer Mark Llewellyn leaves Seven

Llewellyn confirmed his resignation which comes after Lehrmann defamation trial heard about tactics allegedly used to secure interview, claims he and the network deny

The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2024

False claims started spreading about the Bondi Junction stabbing attack as soon as it happened

Some accounts falsely linked the attack to Islamist terrorism, while others identified the wrong man, with the error repeated by a TV network

The Guardian - AU · Apr 14, 2024

Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins saga: the night that spawned more than a dozen legal cases

Lehrmann has lost his defamation case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson. Here are all the other connected cases

The Guardian - AU · Apr 14, 2024

Bruce Lehrmann case sends Seven, Nine and Ten into internecine TV warfare

The spats continue among Australia’s media outlets in the wake of the all-consuming defamation case

The Guardian - AU · Apr 12, 2024

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 8, 2024

NSW police paid redundancies to three top media advisers in two years totalling $687,000

Exclusive: since Karen Webb became commissioner the force has dumped and paid out three employees in senior media and public affairs roles

The Guardian - AU · Apr 7, 2024

‘I’ve got the yarn’: Taylor Auerbach cautioned over spending as he courted Bruce Lehrmann, texts reveal

Fellow Spotlight producer told Auerbach he found it ‘bizarre’ he was taking Lehrmann to dinner every night

AAP · Apr 5, 2024

Lehrmann defamation decision possibly within the week

Allegations Bruce Lehrmann leaked confidential text messages to the media and was reimbursed for drugs and sex workers, could help decide his defamation claim.

The Canberra Times · Apr 5, 2024

'She's lying': texts reveal Seven producer's commentary on Lehrmann rape trial

New documents shine light on defamation case's surprise star witness.

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The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2024

Sex, drugs and a perverse universe: the ‘sordid’ defamation trial gripping Australia

Federal court defamation trial involving rival television networks has attracted tens of thousands of viewers as it hears allegations of drug use and payment for sex workers

The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2024

‘Sordid’ evidence, a ‘perverse universe’: five key takeaways from the final day of the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial

Former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach concludes evidence on Friday after the trial was dramatically reopened this week

The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2024

Bruce Lehrmann discussed $200,000 payment for controversial Spotlight interview, defamation trial told

Justice Michael Lee adjourned the court after former Seven Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach spent two days on the stand

The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2024

Afternoon Update: Lehrmann case judge labels evidence ‘sordid’; threat of floods in eastern NSW; and le crookie lands in Australia

Federal court hears further evidence from former Seven producer Taylor Auerbach

The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2024

With all the excitement of the Auerbach hearing, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s going on

The implied Harman undertaking is on everybody’s lips. What does it mean for Lehrmann’s defamation action against Lisa Wilkinson and Channel Ten?

The Guardian - AU · Apr 5, 2024

Chequebook journalism is nothing new, but allegations in court about Spotlight’s practices have left insiders ‘gobsmacked’

Claims in Bruce Lehrmann defamation case raise questions of media ethics. Plus: the IPA goes to war with fact-checkers

The Guardian - AU · Apr 4, 2024

Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial day 23 – as it happened

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