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.
Lehrmann is charged with two counts of rape alleged to have occurred in Toowoomba in October 2021.
In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda Dunn discuss the WA government scrapping a controversial law, the government's policy on Palestine, and the fallout from the Lehrmann case inquiry.
The report makes ‘several serious findings of misconduct’ against former Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold, but also finds the prosecution was properly brought.
The ACT Attorney-General, Shane Rattenbury, said in a statement on Sunday that he and Drumgold discussed the report and both agreed that his position was no longer tenable.
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the charges against Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019, have been withdrawn…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.
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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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Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Evidence, 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 Law, University of Adelaide
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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
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Professor of Law, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
