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Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lost his challenge to a finding that that he raped colleague Brittany Higgins, with an appeals court going further in finding Lehrmann was not just recklessly indifferent to Higgins' consent, but knew she was not consenting and "proceeded nonetheless”.
Journalist Lisa Wilkinson has told a court her qualified privilege defence was wrongly rejected in ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case, arguing the trial judge focused too heavily on the Network Ten's reporting of the difficulties Brittany Higgins faced in reporting the rape at the centre of the case.
Network Ten has attacked the “perversity” of ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s argument that a judge's finding that he raped former colleague Brittany Higgins should be overturned because the trial judge did not accept every detail of Higgins’ account.
Former Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto has been hit with a bankruptcy notice after failing to pay $2.3 million in costs in MP Moira Deeming’s defamation suit over statements implying she had links to neo-Nazis.
Former Victorian Liberal party leader John Pesutto has been ordered to pay $2.3 million in costs in MP Moira Deeming’s defamation suit over statements found to have conveyed that she had links to neo-Nazis.
NT Coalition Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has dropped two defences in defamation proceedings levelled against her by Central Land Council CEO Lesley Turner.
News Corp has agreed to removed posts that allegedly defamed a senior member of the Hells Angels bikie gang by labelling him a "cocaine kingpin" and "fugitive from justice".
News Corp is disputing claims in a defamation case that a senior member of the Hells Angels bikie gang was seriously harmed by its reporting, saying he already has a bad reputation.
Former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham has appealed a defamation judgment for independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich, arguing a homophobic tweet was not likely to cause serious harm to Greenwich’s reputation.
Former state Liberal MP Moira Deeming has won $300,000 in damages against Victorian party leader John Pesutto over statements found to have falsely conveyed she had links to neo-Nazis.