Defamation
Reynolds wins access to Higgins’ $2.4m trust documents
Brittany Higgins has less than $10,000 to her name, a court has been told before Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds succeeded in a bid to access her former political staffer’s trust deed.
- by Aaron Bunch
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Bruce Lehrmann-Ten evidence probed for Higgins-Reynolds defamation case
The WA senator and former defence minister is suing her former political staffer, Brittany Higgins, over social media posts she says damaged her reputation.
- by Aaron Bunch
Higgins ‘steadfast in truth’ after Reynolds alleges plan to damage her career
The former defence industry minister is suing Brittany Higgins for defamation over July 2023 social media posts.
- by Angus Thompson
Bruce Lehrmann ordered to pay $2 million to Ten
Network Ten has agreed to pay less than a third of the $1.8 million in legal costs Lisa Wilkinson had originally asked her employer to cover.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
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Courts
How your postcode could affect your success in a defamation case
Some big changes are coming to defamation laws which mean it may be easier to win a case in some parts of the country than others.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Ten’s fresh fight with Bruce Lehrmann
Network Ten wants Bruce Lehrmann to pay $200,000 in security to continue his defamation appeal, in a move that could result in the proceedings being axed.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Lisa Wilkinson returns fire in Lehrmann defamation appeal
The high-profile presenter has responded to Bruce Lehrmann’s bid to overturn his devastating defamation defeat.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Former PM prepared to take witness stand in Reynolds, Higgins row
Scott Morrison has been named among the high-profile witnesses to enter the witness box for the WA senator’s high-stakes defamation trial against her former staffer.
- by Jesinta Burton
Robert Irwin asks Pauline Hanson to please explain ‘defamatory’ cartoon
Lawyers representing Irwin sent a cease and desist letter to producers of a One Nation cartoon, alleging it was defamatory and deceptively used Irwin’s image.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Bruce Lehrmann and the Toowoomba rape case that puts him back in court
“Can you call urgently??? Lehrmann has been charged with rape in Qld.” As rival TV networks battled over the Brittany Higgins story, another case was building.
- by Cloe Read and Sean Parnell
Investigation
Web culture
‘I have to live with it’: The people trying to hide from Google
Australians are paying big money to online reputation management experts to manipulate search engines and remove content – but with mixed success.
- by Andrew Hornery