Lehrmann gave evidence in his case against Channel 10, but exercised his right to silence during the 2022 criminal trial. It shows the unfairness
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The judge in the high-profile defamation case described the saga as an “omnishambles” - and the media are included in that.
In one of the biggest legal sagas of recent times, Justice Michael Lee has delivered his verdict. What did he say?
Just days before Justice Michael Lee was due to pass down his judgment, Network 10 threw another spanner in the works.
Leigh Sales’ new book shares the insights of more than 30 prominent and experienced Australian journalists, including Laurie Oakes, Samantha Maiden and Trent Dalton, about their craft.
The report makes ‘several serious findings of misconduct’ against former Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold, but also finds the prosecution was properly brought.
In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda Dunn discuss the wild final sitting fortnight before the winter break
In this podcast, Le canvasses the challenges her constituents are facing with the cost of living crisis and the aftermath of the curfew placed on her electorate during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
Federal politics, the tone of which had seemed better than in the last parliamentary term, once again descended into a toxic mire.
Thorpe made the claim while Van was attacking Labor for politicising the Brittany Higgins allegation that she was raped in the office of then minister Linda Reynolds in 2019
Anthony Albanese declared the caucus was 1000% behind Katy Gallagher, as the Finance Minister fights off allegations of misleading parliament while in opposition in 2021
In fresh rounds of this story that never goes away, now Finance Minister Katy Gallagher is in the political frame facing allegations of misleading parliament
The decision to prosecute or not raises big political and philosophical questions. But most importantly, it directly affects peoples’ lives in profound and lasting ways.
The trial is likely to go ahead in November this year, and last for around four weeks.
The inquiry will investigate the handling of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations by ACT authorities.
ACT Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shane Drumgold today announced that the charges against Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019, have been withdrawn…
The plan for a second trial of Bruce Lehrmann has been dropped after expert medical advice warned it posed a “significant and unacceptable risk” to Brittany Higgins’ life. The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions…
In the end, we must accept there are flaws in jury processes. But finding alternatives has proved difficult, hence the reluctance of governments to abandon the status quo.
The dangers of allowing extraneous “research” are twofold. First, such evidence is not subject to the rules of admissibility. Second, it isn’t subject to the rigours of cross-examination.
Higgins accused Lehrmann of assaulting her in the parliamentary office of Reynolds, who was defence industry minister, in March 2019, after a night out drinking in two Canberra bars
Principais colaboradores
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer in Australian Politics, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Evidence, University of South Australia
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Professor, the McKinnon Institute for Political Leadership, Monash University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong
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Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Law, University of Sydney
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Lecturer, La Trobe University
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Scientia Professor, UNSW Sydney
