This Month
‘She’s done’: Sharaz, Higgins ‘mocked’ Reynolds over sick leave
Brittany Higgins and her partner mocked Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds after she took sick leave from parliament, a Perth court has heard.
- Tom Rabe
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.
- Aaron Bunch
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.
- Aaron Bunch
August
Higgins’ partner offered media pictures of alleged rape couch
The boyfriend of Brittany Higgins offered to send pictures of the couch she was allegedly raped on to a journalist, a Perth court has heard.
- Tom Rabe
‘Significantly different’ psychiatric report on Higgins emerges
The psychiatric report that helped secure Brittany Higgins a $2.4 million settlement was one of two dated on the same day, but which did not match, a Perth court has heard.
- Tom Rabe
‘What a scoop ha ha’: Text from Higgins’ partner to journalist aired
Samantha Maiden has told a court she thought a message sent to her by Brittany Higgins’ partner David Sharaz in the days after her alleged rape was inappropriate.
- Tom Rabe
- Updated
- Linda Reynolds
Reynolds ‘shook, cried’ in chamber amid targeted political attacks
Marise Payne says her former Senate colleague Linda Reynolds visibly shook in the chamber, cried and showed signs of trauma amid extreme pressure from political opponents.
- Updated
- Tom Rabe
‘Everything up in the air’: Higgins won’t front Reynolds defamation trial
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins won’t take the witness stand in a high-profile defamation trial in Perth amid new concerns about her health.
- Tom Rabe
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.
- Tom Rabe and Tom McIlroy
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.
- Updated
- Lucy Slade
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”.
- Tom Rabe
Higgins cast Reynolds as villain in ‘fairytale’: lawyer
Senator Linda Reynolds was cast as a villain in a “fictional story” constructed in Brittany Higgins’ mind, lawyers say.
- Tom Rabe
April
Hedge fund formerly advised by Glenn Stevens goes under
Perth-based hedge fund NWQ has gone belly up after being unable to hash out a deal with debt holders after its financial licence was suspended.
- Max Mason
November 2023
How ANZ helped the Oswals set up in a ‘$314m’ Swiss palace
Leaked documents reveal how much the bank paid to end its long court case with the high-profile couple, and how even the tax man was a winner.
- Liam Walsh
- Exclusive
- Workplace disputes
Mining exec ‘sexually harassed’ staffer at Market Herald director home
The director of the Gumtree and HotCopper operator allegedly conducted unlawful surveillance of the staffer’s emails after her harassment complaint was escalated.
- Updated
- Tom Rabe and David Marin-Guzman
Perth’s Supreme Court judges rock out for charity
Justice Gail Archer leads vocals, Justice Bruno Fiannaca plays, well, everything, while Chief Justice Peter Quinlan is Lex Parte’s regular drummer.
- Myriam Robin
August 2023
30-year-old memo challenges Wrights’ claim to Rinehart cash
A Perth court has been told that a decades-old memo is proof that the family suing Hancock Prospecting knew they had no claim on billions of dollars in mining profits.
- Tom Rabe
‘Weak as ever’: Emails reveal bitter words in Rinehart family rift
A court battle over billions of dollars of mining royalties in WA has exposed details of the fight over a trust that split Gina Rinehart’s family two decades ago.
- Tom Rabe
‘Idiot John’: Emails reveal battle for Rinehart family trust
A WA court has aired 20-year-old private emails between some of Gina Rinehart’s children - discussing extraordinary plans to mount a legal bid against their mother.
- Updated
- Tom Rabe
July 2023
‘Loyalty, trust’: Simple proposition at heart of WA’s biggest case
After a decade of delay and peripheral court skirmishes, dozens of lawyers from across Australia descended on Perth’s Supreme Court on Monday where two of the country’s richest families prepared squared off.
- Tom Rabe