This Month
Deeming sought preselection guarantee to drop Pesutto debt
The Victorian MP wrote to senior Liberals making a series of demands to halt her bankruptcy proceedings against the former leader.
Judge dismisses actor’s $614m lawsuit against Blake Lively
Justin Baldoni had accused Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, of trying to destroy his reputation by accusing him of sexual harassment.
May
Why Ben Roberts-Smith’s appeal failed
The soldier attempted to rely on Afghanistan mission reports that he helped write, but they contradicted his own evidence at trial.
Rinehart refuses to rule out financial support for Roberts-Smith
Australia’s richest person has danced around questions about whether she provided financial backing for Ben Roberts-Smith to appeal his failed defamation case.
Disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith loses defamation appeal
The Full Federal Court said evidence against Roberts-Smith was “sufficiently cogent to support the findings that the appellant murdered four Afghan men”.
Witness in Roberts-Smith case threatened to sue Nine
The former mistress of Ben Roberts-Smith threatened to sue Nine and investigative reporter Nick McKenzie, who denies he received privileged information relating to the disgraced soldier’s defamation action.
Secret recording admitted as evidence in Roberts-Smith appeal fight
Journalist Nick McKenzie says he used fair, responsible and honest means to obtain material for his investigation into Ben Roberts-Smith.
April
Former Tabcorp chief alleges boardroom full of sexist, sexual remarks
Adam Rytenskild claims the bookmaking giant hypocritically sacked him for a crude remark about a regulator, a comment he denies he said.
March
Ben Roberts-Smith gets another (positive) chapter written
Former AFR correspondent and new Nightly writer Aaron Patrick is behind the latest move to rebuild BRS’ reputation.
December 2024
Aussie bitcoin maverick avoids jail time. If he keeps his head down
A UK court gave Craig Wright, who has claimed he invented bitcoin, a one-year jail term for contempt. But his sentence was suspended for two years.
Vic Libs must return to economic liberalism and social conservatism
The Moira Deeming disaster reflects the party’s domination by socially progressive moderates believing the path to winning is to out-Labor Labor.
This Australian bitcoin maverick faces jail. But he’s gone AWOL
A UK court ruled Craig Wright was not cryptocurrency inventor Satoshi Nakamoto and told him to stop suing people. He now faces a contempt charge.
November 2024
PwC Australia settles with three former partners for millions
The firm has entered into settlements worth millions with two partners forced to leave amid the tax leaks scandal and another former partner.
October 2024
Bruce Lehrmann ‘probably Australia’s most hated man’: his lawyer
A judge ruled the former Liberal staffer raped Brittany Higgins in 2019. Now on Centrelink, OnlyFans is his only prospect for work, his lawyer says.
September 2024
Peta Credlin had hand in Higgins’ statement, trial told
Sky News political commentator Peta Credlin helped Brittany Higgins draft a statement outlining the former staffer’s plan to reform how parliament handled sexual harassment, a trial has been told.
Reynolds picked wrong target in Higgins defamation suit
Brittany Higgins’ barrister said she spoke out about her alleged rape in parliament to ensure nobody experienced a similar ordeal, not to traumatise her former boss.
August 2024
Morrison feared ‘fatal outcome’ for Reynolds in Higgins saga
Scott Morrison told a court he saw Senator Linda Reynolds stressed during debate over Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations, and worried it would kill her.
Keating takes swipe at Pelosi after she calls him ‘stupid’
Paul Keating says Nancy Pelosi doesn’t share Australia’s interests; Scott Morrison tells court he feared Linda Reynolds could have died. How the day unfolded.
With friends like PwC, who needs enemies?
Kristin Stubbins does not seem assured her former employer necessarily has her best interests at heart.
Reynolds’ claims ‘retraumatising’ Higgins, court told
Lawyers for Brittany Higgins have hit back at claims she cast Senator Linda Reynolds as a villain in an imaginary fairytale, calling them “harassing”.