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Bruce Lehrmann.

Political staffers’ late-night visits to be tracked in safety measure

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann wants the High Court to overturn a civil court finding that he raped Brittany Higgins, and send the matter back to the Federal Court.

  • Brittany Busch and Nick Newling

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Bruce Lehrmann and his lawyer Zali Burrows earlier this year.

Phone data central to Bruce Lehrmann’s Queensland rape case

Unredacted data from the phone of a woman who claimed she was raped during a drug-fuelled night in Toowoomba will form part of Lehrmann’s bid to have the proceedings thrown out.

  • Cloe Read
Bruce Lehrmann (right) outside the Magistrates Court in Toowoomba in June last year.

‘Key words missing’: Lehrmann’s legal team seeks IT expert for complainant’s phone

Bruce Lehrmann’s legal team wants an independent forensic IT expert to examine a phone in his Queensland rape case, amid claims a police hard drive was destroyed and key words were missing. 

  • Cloe Read
Justice Michael Hill delivered the judgment against Qantas.

‘Wrong kind of sorry’: How Justice Michael Lee put Qantas to the (rhetorical) sword

At moments, Lee’s words appear to be written with a feathered quill. At others, a sword or a poisoned dart.

  • Chris Zappone
Bruce Lehrmann was committed to stand trial last year.

Lehrmann’s lawyers claim hard drive destroyed in rape investigation

The former Liberal staffer’s lawyers told a Queensland court they wanted access to the police hard drive for an independent interrogation of its contents.

  • Cloe Read
The ACT Integrity Commission has found Walter Sofronoff KC to be corrupt by giving confidential material to the media during an inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal prosecution.

‘Transparent’ Lehrmann inquiry head corrupt, court told

A former judge who gave confidential material from an inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal prosecution to the media claiming to be “transparent” was in fact corrupt, a court has been told.

  • Miklos Bolza
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My alternative person of the year is Gisele Pelicot, centre, but my object of the year is the camera her husband used to record her many rapes, allowing her ultimately to bring him and 50 other men to justice; the other objects, clockwise from bottom left, are: Donald Trump’s ear bandage; Raygun’s Olympic uniform; the planter box that took down Barnaby Joyce; police officer Amy Scott’s courage award; Bruce Lehrmann’s metaphorical hat; and the bullet casings left behind by alleged killer Luigi Mangione.

The objects of 2024 and the people they made – or brought down

We know the supposed Person of the Year, but let’s look at the objects of 2024 – from the planter box that brought down Barnaby Joyce to the video camera that brought 51 men to justice.

  • Julia Baird
“Father of the House” Bob Katter has a keen interest in China.

Bob Katter faces his own China crisis

The maverick North Queensland MP admitted to a “bad mistake” on China when CBD came calling.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Bruce Lehrmann, left, with John Macgowan, arriving at court in 2022.

National Anti-Corruption Commission raided home of Bruce Lehrmann

Search warrants seen by this masthead show officers were authorised under the Crimes Act to search for “documents concerning any submarine deal”.

  • Olivia Ireland
David Sharaz, Brittany Higgins and Linda Reynolds.

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.

  • Angus Thompson